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  1. Cape Rockjumper

    Cape Rockjumper

    • rezMole
    • Media item
    • cape rockjumper cape town chaetops frenatus south africa
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Africa
  2. J

    Cape Town South Africa 15-30 September 2022

    Hi all, we are planning a tour to Cape Town in the second half of September. We have already been to NE S.A. so the plan is to look for the Cape Endemic birds, Pelagics, White Shark encounter, ... The tour will be fully guided with a local guide. As we still not have decided the guide, if...
  3. Karoo Lark

    Karoo Lark

    Endemic to the Western Cape.
    • the_kenyanbirder
    • Media item
    • calendulauda albescens cape town karoo lark south africa
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Africa
  4. Sentinel Rock Thrush

    Sentinel Rock Thrush

    • Wiganlad
    • Media item
    • cape town monticola explorator sentinel rock-thrush south africa
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Africa
  5. forest canary

    forest canary

    • Fink
    • Media item
    • cape town crithagra scotops forest canary south africa
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Africa
  6. from eggs to babies

    from eggs to babies

    After over 4 weeks of waiting, the eggs (yesterday's post) disappeared and no sign of cracked shell; next day proud parents show off the youngsters. Sadly, a couple of days later they had disappeared (maybe the caracal that roams at night) and the parents wandered about looking forlorn.
    • max1
    • Media item
    • burhinus capensis cape town south africa spotted thick-knee spotted thick-knee juveniles
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Africa
  7. Hadada Ibis

    Hadada Ibis

    The red culmen indicates this is an adult. This species is common and increasingly widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa, but appears to be more common in settled areas where it has adapted well to irrigated fields and suburban gardens. It is pronounced "Ha DEE Dah" by the locals. Roberts...
    • jmorlan
    • Media item
    • bostrychia hagedash cape town hadada ibis south africa
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Africa
  8. Hadada Ibis

    Hadada Ibis

    struck by the colour variation and difference in feather size/shape when the sun caught the Hadada's wing
    • max1
    • Media item
    • bostrychia hagedash cape town hadada ibis south africa
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Africa
  9. I spy with my yellow eye...

    I spy with my yellow eye...

    we've never seen a Thick-knee youngster before; he appeared as the parents moved to one side, staring intently at something among the vines. So intently, we managed to walk close enough for the point- and- shoot .
    • max1
    • Media item
    • burhinus capensis cape town south africa spotted thick-knee spotted thick-knee family
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Africa
  10. Cape Robin-Chat

    Cape Robin-Chat

    Cape Robin-Chat in Kirstenbosch Botannical Gardens, Cape Town
    • WickWelsh
    • Media item
    • cape robin-chat cape town cossypha caffra kirstenbosch kirstenbosch botannical gardens south africa
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Africa
  11. Malachite Kingfisher

    Malachite Kingfisher

    Malachite Kingfisher at Intaka Island near Cape Town, South Africa.
    • xmesox
    • Media item
    • cape town kingfisher malachite kingfisher south africa
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Africa
  12. Black-bellied Storm Petrel

    Black-bellied Storm Petrel

    Black Bellied Storm Petrel taken on a pelagic off Cape Town
    • WickWelsh
    • Media item
    • black bellied storm petrel cape town fregetta tropica pelagic south africa storm petrel
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Africa
  13. Great Shearwater

    Great Shearwater

    Great Shearwater taken on a pelagic off Cape Town
    • WickWelsh
    • Media item
    • ardenna gravis cape town great shearwater pelagic south africa
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Africa
  14. White Chinned Petrel

    White Chinned Petrel

    White Chinned Petrel taken on a pelagic off Cape Town
    • WickWelsh
    • Media item
    • cape town pelagic procellaria aequinoctialis south africa white chinned petrel
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Africa
  15. Shy Albatross with fish

    Shy Albatross with fish

    Taken on a pelagic off Cape Town to the trawling grounds. This shy albatross has grabbed some breakfast as the trawler pulled in its nets.
    • WickWelsh
    • Media item
    • albatross cape town pelagic shy albatross south africa thalassarche cauta
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Africa
  16. Wandering Albatross

    Wandering Albatross

    Taken off Cape Town on a Pelagic
    • WickWelsh
    • Media item
    • albatross cape town diomedea exulans pelagic wandering albatross
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Africa
  17. Atlantic Yellow Nosed Albatross

    Atlantic Yellow Nosed Albatross

    Taken on a Pelagic off Cape Town, South Africa
    • WickWelsh
    • Media item
    • albatross atlantic yellow nosed albatross cape town flight pelagic thalassarche chlororhynchos
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Africa
  18. Hartlaub's gull

    Hartlaub's gull

    on the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa
    • Dave Clark
    • Media item
    • cape town chroicocephalus hartlaubii hartlaub\'s gull king gull
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Africa
  19. Heading To Work

    Heading To Work

    I'm finding some gems while sorting catalogues - how's this cute Penguin !
    • Binty
    • Media item
    • african penguin boulders beach cape town flightless bird jackass penguin penguin south africa spheniscus demersus
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Africa
  20. Spotted Eagle Owl

    Spotted Eagle Owl

    • bobthebirder
    • Media item
    • bubo africanus cape town kirstenbosch spotted eagle owl
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Africa
  21. Spotted Eagle Owls

    Spotted Eagle Owls

    The Spotted Eagle Owls at Kirstenbosch seem to be quite an attraction. There was a sign inviting visitors to spot them. There was an adult roosting in a tree and nearby, just off a footpath, were these two juveniles, attracting a lot of attention from visitors who, fortunately, were keeping a...
    • bobthebirder
    • Media item
    • bubo africanus cape town kirstenbosch spotted eagle owl
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Africa
  22. Karoo Prinia

    Karoo Prinia

    • bobthebirder
    • Media item
    • cape town karoo prinia kirstenbosch prinia maculosa
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Africa
  23. Cape Canary

    Cape Canary

    • bobthebirder
    • Media item
    • cape canary cape town serinus canicollis
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Africa
  24. Red-winged Starling

    Red-winged Starling

    Male
    • bobthebirder
    • Media item
    • cape town onychognathus morio red-winged starling
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Africa
  25. Cape Robin-Chat

    Cape Robin-Chat

    • bobthebirder
    • Media item
    • boulders cape robin-chat cape town cossypha caffra
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Africa
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