31 March 2025 - Kyalami Estates
March birding with 48 species recorded was average compared to previous years - not the lowest and 11 species off the highest I have recorded since 2021.
I did manage a few images from my garden this month, mostly of the usual suspects - Grey Go-away-bird. The third image regurgitating and spitting out a fruit pellet
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| Grey Go-away-bird (Crinifer concolor) |
Black-collared Barbet
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| Black-collared Barbet (Lybius torquatus) |
African Olive Pigeon in the canopy of the 'Umbrella' Thorn
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| African Olive Pigeon (Columba arquatrix) |
Karoo Thrush waiting on the boundary wall waiting to use the bird bath
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| Karoo Thrush (Turdus smithii) |
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
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| Southern Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer diffusus) |
The raucous Rose-ringed Parakeets that arrived in numbers a few days during the month
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| Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) |
And a juvenile African Harrier-Hawk that put up all the Rock Doves on the neighbour's roof
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| African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus) |
On walks around the main park, Fiscal Flycatcher
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| Fiscal Flycatcher (Sigelus silens) |
and the resident Wattled Lapwing's - love the first image framed by the trees behind
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| African Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus) |
I also had a Lesser Honeyguide harassing the Thick-billed Weavers
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| Lesser Honeyguide (Indicator minor) |
I watched with interest a female Red Bishop feeding her youngster and noted that she regurgitated seeds frequently whilst perched on the same reed and deposited them into the youngsters open mouth
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| Southern Red Bishop (Euplectes orix) |
Down at St Ledger, I connected with one of the pair of Malachite Kingfishers
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| Malachite Kingfisher (Corythornis cristata) |
And some recently fledged Thick-billed Weaver's that were clambering up and down the reeds, outside of their nest - both ugly and cute together
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| Juvenile Thick-billed Weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons) |
Southern Red Bishops sharing the same reedbed as the Thick-billed
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| Southern Red Bishop (Euplectes orix) |
One of my birding friends had heard Swainson's Spurfowl calling and early one morning, I was able to track it down - a pretty cool record for our Estate
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| Swainson's Spurfowl (Pternistis swainsonii) |
Of course, there were a few butterflies about as summer was ending off - African Blue Pansy enjoying my freshly planted flowers
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| African Blue Pansy (Junonia o. madagascariensis) |
One of the Grass Yellow's - always difficult with their wings closed
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| African Angled Grass Yellow (Eurema d. regularis) |
We had quite a few of the striking Garden Inspector's make an appearance
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| Male Garden Inspector (Precis a. archesia) |
Playing hide-and-seek with this Damselfly
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| Damselfly sp. |
Some sort of Bee with distinctive eyes
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| Bee sp. |
An interesting Fungi growing on the side of a Willow Tree
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| Fungi sp. |
Early morning tranquility with the reeds on the dam at St Ledger
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| Early morning stillness |
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