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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cossypha" data-source="post: 1543480" data-attributes="member: 73358">Hello again - Candace that is an awesome Bateleur photo - I've only ever seen one flying over in Botswana. How cool that it was so close!Welcome back Martin. It sounds like you saw some nice birds, and got some great photos. I particularly like the Lappet-faced vulture.On Thursday last week I went to the Mukuvisi for a walking safari. We saw most of the game, but not very many birds, probably because it was at lunch time... The guide told me they do birdwatching walks on some mornings.Anyway the best sighting was a Lizard Buzzard, perched upon a branch about 2 meters away. I was walking innocently along and happened to look to the left, and there was a Buzzard, staring at me! It even let me take a few photos before flying off.That evening a friend of my gran's (he is a birder) took me to a small dam, called Greengrove Nature reserve. There's a man-made island in the middle, upon which hundreds of cattle egret and Sacred Ibis come to roost each night. Other birds that were present were Eastern Saw-wing, about 20 flying around, White-Faced duck, a flock of 60 flwe in as we were leaving, and a three-banded plover, among many more. It was a very nice evening out.The attatched photos are:African Sacred Ibis - there were groups continually flying in to land on the island.Lizard Buzzard - and a Scarlet-chested sunbird which gave me a surprise visit at my grandparent's garden. The only one I've seen so far.</blockquote>

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