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masked weaver then?


Thanks for pointing me in the right direction here but not sure if you mean my 2nd bird or my 3rd -- or are they both the same? Juvenile greater honeyguide? Still (very) unsure on this as it (or at least #2) might be a lesser honeyguide?

I saw this on Wednesday at Prince Alfred Road (midway between Laingsburg and Beaufort West) where we overnighted. It was alone, no calling, no wing flicking, simply quietly feeding. I couldn't get to see its rear so my question: Is it a Layard's Tit babbler (622) or A Chestnut-vented Tit-babbler (621)? I see both have the stripy front. There is a clear white eye. So perhaps the only way is from the rail or do the fundis have other tricks up their sleeves to help me out? (I also got a Fairy Flycatcher in the same bush - my first and what a beautiful bird!)

Here are two more LBJs that have me

1. This one I saw in the garden at Evita se Perron in early January 2013 and they're very poor quality as the bird was constantly moving. I think that it might be an African reed warbler?




2. I really haven't a clue about this second bird, which I saw at WCNP on 3 January 2013. Is it possibly a Cape penduline tit? (My other guess would be yellowbellied eremomela, but the green/olive, rather than grey, back makes me think it's more likely the tit?)

The warbler I cannot say, but the second bird is a Cape penduline-tit

Thanks SO much, Johan! That's my very first Cape penduline tit