Crane, Blue

Name: Crane, Blue
Classification:
Place first seen: Riviersonderend, Cape, South Africa
Date spotted: January 2012
Description:

Follow behind cows, because cows kick up insects as they move through the grass.

Egret, Cattle

Name: Egret, Cattle
Classification:
Place first seen: Morungulo, Mozambique
Date spotted: February 2012
Description:

Follow behind cows, because cows kick up insects as they move through the grass.

Stork, open-billed

Name: Stork, open-billed
Classification:
Place first seen: Ihaha, Chobe, Botswana
Date spotted: February 2012
Description:

Guess why it’s called the open-billed stork? The middle part of it’s bill never closes.

Lourie, Grey

Name: Lourie, Grey
Classification:
Place first seen: Ihaha, Chobe, Botswana
Date spotted: February 2012
Description:

It’s call sounds like a cry to ‘Go-away!’ and so it’s known as the go-away bird.

Kingfisher, Pied

Name: Kingfisher, Pied
Classification:
Place first seen: Ihaha, Chobe, Botswana
Date spotted: February 2012
Description:

We watched them diving for fish in the Zambezi River. A treat (like all kingfishers).

Jackal, black backed

Name: Jackal, black backed
Classification:
Place first seen: Ihaha, Chobe, Botswana
Date spotted: February 2012
Description:

In Sossusvlei, Namibia we put out a tin cup of water near where we were sitting and a black backed jackal came to drink from it. It must have been very thirsty to risk coming so close to us as they run away at the earliest sign of people.

Almost always seen in pairs.

Buffalo, African

Name: Buffalo, African
Classification:
Place first seen: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Date spotted: January 2012
Description:

Male and female have horns. Herds of up to thousands. Eat grass, small trees, shrubs. Babies born in summer. Need water and shade. If there are buffalo there are LIONS because a lion’s favourite food is a buff.

Ostrich

Name: Ostrich
Classification:
Place first seen: Karoo, Cape, South Africa
Date spotted: January 2012
Description:

Tiny fluffy little babies.

Bee eater, White-fronted

Name: Bee eater, White-fronted
Classification:
Place first seen: Ihaha, Botswana
Date spotted: July 2008
Description:

Photo: The internets

Bulbul, Black-eyed

Name: Bulbul, Black-eyed
Classification:
Place first seen: Pomene, Mozambique
Date spotted: January 2012
Description:

Photo: The internets