We sat on the top of the car as they swooped around the Landrover, diving for crickets that were jumping out of the way of the car. Lisa’s favourite bird (and Bea and Mila’s)
Tag: Bird
Name: Bee-eater, Carmine
Classification: Bird
Place first seen: Savuti, Botswana
Date spotted: February 2012
Description:
Name: Weaver, masked
Classification: Bird
Place first seen: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Date spotted: January 2012
Description:
Lovely nests. Lot’s of them in tree above our camp at Lower Sabie. Babies dropped down into our camp and died. Were they pushed out or was it the storm? Babies had tiny blue feathers on their wings. Male builds the nest. If female doesn’t like it, she cuts it off the branch and it falls to the ground.
Name: Stork, Yellow billed
Classification: Bird
Place first seen: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Date spotted: January 2012
Description:
Name: Kingfisher, Woodland
Classification: Bird
Place first seen: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Date spotted: January 2012
Description:
Spotted by mom.
Name: Lourie, Grey
Classification: Bird
Place first seen: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Date spotted: January 2012
Description:
Go Way bird. Shouts “Go Way” when you come near it. They are said to warn animals when bushmen in the Kalahari are stalking them.
Name: Stork, saddle-bill
Classification: Bird
Place first seen: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Date spotted: January 2012
Description:
Incredibly beautiful and huge
Name: Guinea Fowl, Helmeted
Classification: Bird
Place first seen: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Date spotted: January 2012
Description:
They actually look like they’re from the Roman times with those racing helmets on.
Name: Dikkop, Spotted
Classification: Bird
Place first seen: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Date spotted: January 2012
Description:
Looks like a small Korhaan
Name: Eagle, African Fish
Classification: Bird
Place first seen: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Date spotted: January 2012
Description:
Very grand. Beautiful cry.
Name: Francolin, Swainson’s
Classification: Bird
Place first seen: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Date spotted: January 2012
Description:
Very red marking around face.