SA Rare Bird News Report - 05 August 2021
Trevor Hardaker
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This is the Southern African Rare Bird News Report issued at 18h00 on Thursday, 05 August 2021.
Information has been gleaned from various websites, email groups as well as from individual observers who have passed on their sightings. This report cannot be taken as being totally comprehensive as it is based only on information made available at the time of writing. All bird sightings reported here are reported in good faith based on information as provided by the observers. Any inaccuracies are totally unintentional and the writer cannot be held liable for these.
None of the records included in this report have undergone any adjudication process with any of the subregion’s Rarities Committees, so inclusion in this report does not constitute any official confirmation of the particular record. Observers are still encouraged to make the necessary submissions accordingly.
For those who may have only joined the group recently and are interested in finding out what has been seen in the past, previous reports can be viewed at http://groups.google.co.za/group/sa-rarebirdnews |
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Starting in the Western Cape, a CINNAMON-BREASTED BUNTING was seen on the Suikerbossie Drive end of the Danie Miller trail in Gordon’s Bay on Tuesday afternoon while news also came through of 2 LESSER SAND PLOVERS seen at the salt marsh south of Geelbek restaurant in the West Coast National Park on Sunday. Elsewhere, lingerers included the AFRICAN FINFOOT still around the bridge over the Breede River outside Robertson on Tuesday and at least 3 AFRICAN PIED WAGTAILS still around the launches on the Keurbooms River in Plettenberg Bay yesterday. | |||||||||
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Cinnamon-breasted Bunting in Gordon’s Bay © Pieter van Oudtshoorn | African Finfoot in Robertson © Tony Kent | ||||||||
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African Finfoot in Robertson © Dean Boshoff | |||||||||
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In the Northern Cape, there was some big excitement when a juvenile EGYPTIAN VULTURE was found yesterday afternoon at Kanqua Waterhole in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park while the park also produced another interesting record when a MARSH OWL was seen at Nossob hide on Tuesday evening. | |||||||||
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Egyptian Vulture at Kanqua waterhole © Jacques de Chermont | Marsh Owl at Nossob © Henriette Siebrits | ||||||||
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In the Eastern Cape, the GREAT WHITE PELICAN was still present along the river at Kleinemonde earlier today proving to be quite a popular bird amongst local birders. | |||||||||
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Great White Pelican at Kleinemonde © Sabrina Elliott | Great White Pelican at Kleinemonde © Lynette Rudman | ||||||||
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Kwazulu Natal held on to some local goodies with the juvenile PALE CHANTING GOSHAWK still present south of Midmar Dam this morning, the BLACK-NECKED GREBE still at Thurlow Game Reserve this morning, the other BLACK-NECKED GREBE still at Tala Game Reserve until at least Tuesday and the CAPPED WHEATEAR also still present at Tala Game Reserve this morning.
Up in Namibia, a juvenile AFRICAN GOLDEN ORIOLE turned up in a garden in Langstrand, between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund, a few days ago but was sadly found in a bad way there yesterday and eventually died.
And finally, in Mozambique, the San Sebastian Peninsula near Vilanculous continues to be one of the major hotspots for subregion birding at the moment and, yesterday, was still holding on to 4 SAUNDERS’S TERNS, 8 ROSEATE TERNS, more than 80 DAMARA TERNS and at least 6 CRAB PLOVERS. | |||||||||
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African Golden Oriole in Langstrand © Trudie Reinhardt | Damara Tern (left) and Saunders’s Tern (right) on the San Sebastian Peninsula © Gary Rowan | ||||||||
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Roseate Tern on the San Sebastian Peninsula © Gary Rowan | Crab Plover on the San Sebastian Peninsula © Gary Rowan | ||||||||
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Thank you to all observers who have contributed their records. Please continue to send through any reports of odd birds as well as continued updates on the presence of rarities already previously reported, no matter how mundane you think they may be. Even if you think someone else has probably sent in a report, rather send the report yourself as well. The only way to improve this service and to make it as useful as possible to everyone is if it can be as comprehensive as possible.
Kind regards Trevor | |||||||||
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TREVOR HARDAKER Cape Town, South Africa |
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