31 May 2022 - Northern Farms
Andre and I had tried unsuccessfully on our previous visits to find Yellow Warbler. Last week Andre let a Bird Club outing and connected with a number of these Warblers, so we hatched a plan for an early morning visit to try again.
We met early at the gate and picked up a Cape Longclaw sitting high on a plant in the soft early morning light.
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| Cape Longclaw (Macronyx capensis) |
We then headed to the quarry and placed ourselves in amongst the Wild Dagga plants waiting for the sun to rise and get a little warmer. We picked up many of the usual suspects and enjoyed watching the two resident Sunbird's feeding on the flowering Wild Dagga (Leonotis). A few Amethyst were the most obliging
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| Amethyst Sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina) |
Andre then picked up a Yellow Warbler low down in the Leonotis and we watched it working its way up the plant, stopping to sing every now and then - just magic in the crisp early morning light
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| African Yellow Warbler (Iduna natalensis) |
There were around 3 - 4 birds and they moved around in the general area, giving more views of this not often seen species
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| African Yellow Warbler (Iduna natalensis) |
Shortly after enjoying the Warbler's we had a distant Peregrine Falcon fly-by, another great bird for this location
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| Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) |
As this was a focused outing, we called it a morning but stopped briefly at the large dam where there was a mixed species Heronry and had a Grey Heron flyby
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| Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) |
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