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  1. Zimbernard

    Umwinzi River Hharare Zimbabwe

    Umwinzi River Harare Zimbabwe Umwinzi River 2008/08/08 The Umwinzi River Valley rises just about in the center of Zimbabwe, on the northern outskirts of the capital, Harare. The head-waters, my local Patch, pass through about 10 km of hilly country, dropping about 200 meters before leveling...
  2. night adder bites frog

    night adder bites frog

    Taken in Zambia in 1962
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    • Category: Reptiles
  3. Zimbernard

    Montagu's Harriers

    Just to the west of my hometown, Gweru, in the Midlands of Zimbabwe, are the Somabhula Grasslands, an area of grassland with broard valleys & rolling hillslopes. Every summer the resident African Marsh Harriers are joined by summer migrant Palid and Montagu's Harriers. In fact this area seems...
  4. Zimbernard

    Black shouldered kite

    Here in the Midlands of Zimbabwe BS kite is a common daily sight. Recently there has been an explosion in small rodent population, due to increased grass seed availability, and consequently an increase in BS Kite population
  5. Zimbernard

    Gweru outing 2004/08/07

    A checklist of our local groups outing yesterday Saturday 7th August 2004 Gweru/Somabhula/Nalatale QDS many 7th August 2004 Roberts No Name of Bird Roberts RSA number Dabchick 8 Grey Heron 62 Blackheaded Heron 63 Black Stork 84 Egyptian Goose 102 Secretarybird 118 Whitebacked...
  6. Zimbernard

    Comment by 'Zimbernard' in media 'Savannah Sparrow'

    Lovly composition, nice detail & action. Super picture
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    Comment by 'Zimbernard' in media 'Crowned Plover'

    What a lovely image!
  8. Zimbernard

    So where is the oldest tallest Etc......?

    Adansonia digitata, the Baobab, is generally reconed to be 2000 to 2500 years old in some of the biggest specimins
  9. Zimbernard

    Detail & checklist of birding near Gweru Zimbabwe

    Below is a bird check list of 344 birds seen and heard over the last 25 years in the quarter degree square (19S29E_D2) where I lived near Shurugwi, south of Gweru, in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe, Southern Africa. This quarter degree square, aproximately 26km by 28 km, covers an area of ±...
  10. Langebaan2

    Langebaan2

    Hartlaubs Gull
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    • Category: Africa
  11. Langebaan_2

    Langebaan_2

    Desert blooms from the Western Cape, R S A
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    • Category: Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
  12. Zimbernard

    Hello Canadian birdwatchers!

    Hi Gaga I got pretty much the same feeling on the "Africa" site. I guess there is only one way to get the entries rolling here is to hit the "post" button myself in "Africa", and get the site rolling!!!!! Cold up there?? Hot down here in more ways than one
  13. Zimbernard

    Zimbabwe Gweru 2004_02_07

    Sorry Pete The colony on the Mfuli river at Beatrice has been gone for about 10 to 15 years.......People presure. The colony I am talking about ± 400 breeding pairs is about 20 km north of Mvuma. At the moment it is a no go area, so I dont know what is goin on there
  14. Zimbernard

    Zimbabwe Gweru 2004_02_07

    I dont live on the farm any more, My wife & I live in Gweru Town. Yes we did have Boulder Chats on the farm. This reclusive and sedom seen bird is widepread in the rocky hillsides aroun Gweru
  15. Zimbernard

    Zimbabwe Gweru 2004_02_07

    Hi David, AG Mc D (sorry dont know your first name) thanks for the comments. There does not seem much traffic down here in this part of the web site. Or in Zimbabwe for that matter. What is it like birding here? Like everything here, it is Alice in Wonderland... Schizophrenic...
  16. Zimbernard

    Zimbabwe Gweru 2004_02_07

    Total no records 72 BIRD Roberts No Cattle Egret 71 Squacco Heron 72 Hammerkop 81 Saddlebilled Stork 88 Whitefaced Duck 99 Whitebacked Duck 101 Egyptian Goose 102 African Black Duck 105 Whitebacked Vulture 123 Steppe Eagle 133 Wahlberg's Eagle 135 African Hawk Eagle 137 Steppe Buzzard 149...
  17. Zimbernard

    Zimbabwe outing dec 2003

    Zimbabwe outing January 2004 A checklist from a recent outing to the Hunters Road, on the central Zimbabwe watershed near Gweru Total no records 69 BIRD Roberts No White Stork 83 Abdim's Stork 85 Openbilled Stork 87 Steppe Eagle 133 Blackbreasted Snake Eagle 143 Steppe Buzzard 149 Natal...
  18. Zimbernard

    Most underwatched area

    Outside ones own house! People tend to travel far, & ignore the real goings on in ones own backyard.
  19. Langebaan

    Langebaan

    Hartlaubs gull
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    • gulls south africa
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    • Category: Africa
  20. Redheaded weaver

    Redheaded weaver

    At Nata pan, Nata Botswana Often thes birds take advantage of the protection offered by human activity
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    • red headed weave botswana
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    • Category: Africa
  21. Lovebird

    Lovebird

    A naturally occuringhybrid ofLilian's Lovebird, Agapornis lilianae Black-cheeked Lovebird, Agapornis nigrigenis
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    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Africa
  22. Violet eared waxbill

    Violet eared waxbill

    Xai Xai pan in northern Botswasa
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Africa
  23. A Zambezi evening......Elephant close up

    A Zambezi evening......Elephant close up

    At Mana Pools on the Zambezi River
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    • Category: Wild Mammals
  24. White Pelican

    White Pelican

    Taken on a foggy afternoon at Swakopmund on the Skeleton coast of Namibia. Note the almost detail-less eye is a reflection of the grey foggy sky
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    • Category: Africa
  25. Guinea Fowl

    Guinea Fowl

    Helmeted Guinea fowl
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    • Category: Africa
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