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  1. Sal

    South African Butterfly ID

    I wonder if anyone is able to ID South African butterflies for me? I have only recently started this interest and have only one book - Butterflies of Southern Africa A Field Guide - by Mark Williams. I apologise that the butterflies are not larger. This was as close as I could get without...
  2. Sal

    KZN South Africa two birds for ID

    The small bird was flying in short bursts over the grass around the edge of a pan at around ten in the morning. I have posted two pics which I think are both of the same bird, but I'm not 100% sure. The second raptor was on the forest margin at seven in the morning and looks like an imm. Forest...
  3. Sal

    KZN South Africa mtwo birds for ID

    The small bird was flying in short bursts over the grass around the edge of a pan at around ten in the morning. I have posted two pics which I think are both of the same bird, but I'm not 100% sure. The second raptor was on the forest margin at seven in the morning and looks like an imm. Forest...
  4. Sal

    Cisticola South Africa Kruger Park

    Cisticola South Africa Can anyone help with an IDfor this Cisticola. Its the only photo Ihave, and not very close, so I've cropped it. Seen in the Kruger Park South Africa south of Satara.
  5. Sal

    Query Flycatcher South Africa

    Can anyone help me with this flycatcher seen in Kruger Park, South Africa, in June? I think it is a Pale Flycatcher but am not sure.
  6. Sal

    Where has it gone?

    I haven't been here for a while; I finally get back and - wow! what happened to our local thread????? :eek!: :-C
  7. Sal

    Willow Tit or Marsh Tit? UK

    I know that this has been debated before, but not being au fait with British birds (on holiday from South Africa) perhaps someone could help with ID. Sorry the pic is not very good. I saw this Willow or Marsh Tit in an ancient forest in Wiltshire or Berkshire. There are no marshlands anywhere...
  8. Sal

    South Africa Kruger Park Lark

    Is this a Monotonous Lark?
  9. Sal

    AHE or Ayres? South Africa

    Seen in Sabi Sands Game Reserve on the border of Kruger National Park. If anyone can tell me whether it is an Ayers Hawk Eagle or and African Hawk Eagle (and, if possible, why) I would appreciate it.
  10. Sal

    South Africa Sabie Sands Nov 2009

    Can someone ID this raptor for me? I thought it might be a Wahlberg's Eagle, but it has no crest. Thanks.
  11. Sal

    Kruger Park, South Africa Nov 2009

    These are awful pics; I only took them in the hope that someone might ID this raptor for me. My thought is that it might be a Steppe Eagle? Possibly a Lesser Spotted (although that is not so common in Kruger) The first pic is the clearest one I have of the head. The second is the clearest one...
  12. Sal

    Kruger Park, South Africa

    Can anyone ID the following for me please?I apologise for the awful quality of the pics. I'm stumped by the first and last ; think the two middle ones are of an immature Dedricks Cuckoo?
  13. Sal

    Tawny Eagles and Bateleurs

    Early one morning in Kruger National Park we came across a group of four raptors perched in a tree and another on the ground feeding from a steenbok carcass. The carcass was fresh enough for the blood to be bright red, but quite a bit of it had been eaten. I don’t know what killed it, but it was...
  14. Sal

    Butorides striata or Butorides striatus?

    Not sure if I'm in the right place to ask this question, perhaps someone will move this if not? I have just uploaded a Striated/Greenbacked heron pic to the gallery, so I checked on the spelling of Butorides striata. I discover that it is spelt thus, but is also written as Butorides striatus...
  15. Sal

    Thouands of swallows die before migration to Europe

    Bird Life South Africa reported the other day that tens of thousands of swallows gathered in Limpopo province, which were due to migrate to Europe, died recently as a result of the extreme weather. Temperatures in the province plummeted down to 9C and there was a lot of rain, which interrupted...
  16. Sal

    Double-banded Sandgrouse

    I don't know if these pics of male and female are of use in the Database?
  17. Sal

    Kruger National Park, South Africa 19-27 May

    SAT 19/5/07 We leave Pietermaritzburg for Kruger National Park at 06.00. We have 750 odd km to travel and lots of road-works to liven up the journey. We stop twice en route (other than roadworks!), once for hot chocolate (it’s a pretty cold morning, 60C) and once for a toasted sandwich. Birds...
  18. Sal

    Mannikins or Munias

    Can anyone help with this query? Which is the correct common name for Lonchura cucullata, Lonchura bicolor and Lonchura fringilloides? In the latest Roberts List they are called Mannikins, as they are in the African Bird Club database. Avibase also has them as Mannikins. But in the Birdforum...
  19. Sal

    Bronze Munia

    I know there are some very good pics of Bronze Munias in the Database, but this one has both male and female which might be useful? Oh. Well , that is, if I can upload it . . . . No, its dumbing down day for me. Here is Gallery link...
  20. Sal

    Shelter in the Dishwasher!

    A letter in our local paper concerned an episode that happened when the writer went to empty the dishwasher early one morning; as he bent over to remove the clean glassware, something large and weighty landed on his shoulders and grabbed his neck, whereupon he dropped the glasses he was holding...
  21. Sal

    Purple Roller

    I see that there is no Purple Roller pic in the Database. Here is one below:
  22. Sal

    Sal's Life List

    This list is all of birds seen in South Africa. It was started in July 1985 and is recorded in the order as set down in Roberts' VII Bird List. The Roberts book referred to is Roberts Birds of Southern Africa (VII Edition), edited by Phil Hockey, Richard Dean and Peter Ryan. This is a...
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  23. Sal

    A Bateleur that thinks its a bat . . . .

    I have recently returned from Kruger park, where I had the most odd sighting and I wondered if anyone can enlighten me. Fairly early one cool morning, we saw a bateleur hanging upside down by its talons from the bare branch of a tree. We watched it for some time, and every now and then it...
  24. Sal

    Ukahlamba Drakensberg Park - Royal Natal - South Africa

    Hi everyone. Have been away for a while so I feel like a stranger creeping into this forum! Have just spent four days in the Drakensberg mountains so here is my trip report. I did try to put in a couple of pics, which didn't work, thenm I tried to make it an attachment - which didn't work. Hence...
  25. Sal

    Kamikaze mynahs

    Can anyone explain why certain birds, at certain times, fly so low? Every Saturday we have a farmers' market that starts at six and most Saturdays I drive along this particular road at around 06.15. The sun is just up, and the mynahs are flocking from their roosts which are quite near here. They...
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