31 August 2021 - Kyalami Estates
We are heading toward the end of winter and looking forward to the arrival of spring. August wasnt too bad a month and I recorded 63 species for the Estate. Highlights were Grey-headed Bushshrike, Cardinal Woodpecker, Grey-headed Gull, Yellow-billed Duck and a Black Sparrowhawk.
In this month, the first intra-African migrants also arrived in the form of Red-chested Cuckoo and Greater-striped Swallow - so spring is almost in the air.
Around my house and the feeders the usual residents like Cape Sparrow
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| Female Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus) |
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| Male Cape Sparrow (Passer melanurus) |
And both Sunbird species
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| Male White-bellied (Cinnyris talatala) and Amethyst Sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina) |
In the park, a pair of Yellow-billed Duck were a surprise
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| Yellow-billed Duck (Anas undulata) |
In the same park, a pair of Spotted Thick-knee's were seen in one of the gardens
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| Spotted Thick-knee (Burhinus capensis) |
Whilst at the St Ledger Dam, the near endemic Cape Weavers were frantically building nests and already in breeding plumage
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| Cape Weaver (Ploceus capensis) |
This is where I had the brief sighting of the Black Spa dashing by overhead
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| Black Sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus) |
Just outside the Estate, I also had a dark morph Mountain Wheatear in an urban setting. They were found inside the Estate a few years back
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| Mountain Wheatear (Myrmecocichla monticola) |
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