30 June 2022 - Kyalami Estates
Winter is truly upon us with blue skies and cold mornings and nights - typical of the Gauteng Highveld. As is expected, a fairly low count of the resident birds with only 49 species recorded.
As usual, there were some highlights with species that are not recorded on a regular or daily basis like, African Black Duck, Arrow-marked Babbler, Streaky-headed Seedeater, Burchell's Coucal and African Green Pigeon which has been scarce this winter.
However, the highlight for me this month was finally catching a Southern Boubou out in the open one early morning. They are vocal in the estate and I hear them almost every day, but finally after 18-months, I managed to get images of this skulker (at least in our Estate they are)
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Female Southern Boubou (Laniarius ferrugineus) |
I did manage to get a few images, some from my garden and balcony included; Dark-capped Bulbul
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Dark-capped Bulbul (Pycnonotus tricolor) |
Amethyst Sunbird
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Male Amethyst Sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina) |
Red-eyed Dove
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Red-eyed Dove (Streptopelia semitorquata) |
And Sacred Ibis
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African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) |
At the main park where much of the reed cover has been cut-back or removed for the winter, I had Reed Cormorant
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Immature Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus) |
Both Blacksmith
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Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus) |
and Wattled Lapwing
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African Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus) |
Hadeda Ibis foraging in the park
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Hadeda Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) |
Along with African Hoopoe
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African Hoopoe (Upupa africana) |
and Thick-billed Weaver
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Thick-billed Weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons) |
I had a pair of Spotted Thick-knee in amongst the flower beds on the pavement
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Spotted Thick-knee (Burhinus capensis) |
At the St Ledger Dam, there was a single Black Duck
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African Black Duck (Anas sparsa) |
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