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At the bird hide in Bateleur.

Habitat: Woodland, savanna, forest edge, urban and suburban areas, open grassland; usually at lower elevations.
Habits: In pairs when breeding; otherwise in flocks often with other swifts and swallows.
Forages over woodland or grassland.
Flight more agile and darting than that of Greater striped swallow, but not as quick as that of Eurasion swallow and with more gliding.
Highly vocal when flying and when perched, often perching on wires or leafless twigs on tree tops.
Food: Aerial arthropods; arils of Acacia cyclops seeds.




Sorry about quality of the pix as light was bad...

They have nests in the rafters of the rondavels at Addo. They sit on the rafters briefly at evening and then fly off and return. I think they are annoyed at the squatters who inhabit the rondavels for a few days at a time!

Heres a bird I'd like help with, from Wilderness,

this one looks to me like the Lesser striped swallow, does that go
as far west as Wilderness?



Best regards Neil

Definitely a lesser striped swallow, yes.

These birds had a nest at our hut in Biyamiti. Was very nice to hear them the whole time we were there.

I have them perching anually, fact is what am I
looking at!??? These pictures show a definite bold
streaking below??? When we refer,- Lesser or greater,-
is the bird bigger or smaller, or maybe is the streaking
of the chest lesser or greater???

Saw these two in November 2011 in the Kruger National Park.