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Good Afternoon everyone.

Just back from a long weekend in Punda Maria. Unfortunately the area is still very dry and the first rains have only started to fall now so a lot of species not around yet. Only heard 1 woodlands kingfisher for example, but I still managed 8 Lifers. Takes me to 562.

Lifers are:
Green Capped Eremomela (Pafuri Bridge)
Eurasian Golden Oriole (Pafuri Bridge)
Pennant Winged Nightjar (Punda Maria)
Grey Headed Kingfisher (Punda Maria)
Senegal Coucal (Punda Maria)
Stierlings Wren-Warbler (Punda Maria)
Common Swift (Crook's Corner)
Boehm's Spinetail (Pafuri Picnic Sight)

Picked up 3 new birds in the last month or so - all in the greater Gauteng area. Now up to 489

Coqui Francolin
Caspian Plover
Pale Flycatcher

Nice going!!! I could do with a few of those on my list.

Be glad you dipped on a few of the local specials, then have an excuse to back

Up to 763 after my first trip to Namibia!

Please move me to 602 with African Cuckoo and Bradfields Swift

Did you get the violet woodhoopoe?

After running around like headless chickens for a couple of days, we finally saw them twice in the Kunene area. Thank goodness , I was getting nervous for a while thinking we might dip on them

The thing about birding in Bara for lunch is that
it has a good effect though could very well become
a bad habit, for these reasons,-

1. Score a lifer.
2. Make friends.
3. And even forget about eating

Adrian P it was great meeting you! ,
Your expertise is very inspiring.

Had a healthy day me!!

Thank you AdrianP.

We were very lucky because it is bone dry between Punda and Pafuri. Was very happy with my lifers. I must add we had a fantastic guide!

522 please

Trip to Northern KNP at the beginning of the month. I dipped on some of the ones I was supposed to find but happily got a few others. Never been North of Olifants before so had a great time.
New ones:
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Temmincks Courser
Levaillants Cuckoo
Monotonous Lark
Bearded Scrub-Robin
Green-capped Eremomela
Tropical Boubou
White-winged Widowbird
Jameson's Firefinch
Osprey

Will be a long time until I'm back I think....

633 with Chestnut-banded Plover.

to Lizet Grobbelaar for reaching the magical number of 850 yesterday and it being her 12th wedding anniversary with Johann

Jumping the gun a bit but so excited for Lizet!!

Well done Lizet.

Thanks guys It was difficult to find and photograph so here is just a snap shot taken from very far.

850 - Madagascar Cuckoo

I leave a week today on a trip to the northern birding boundary of Southern Africa and hope to add considerably to my 492.