What Bird is This? #5
We’ve been rather happy to discover how much people have been enjoying this ongoing Bird Quiz series. The great thing is we’re unlikely to ever run out of material, so …
We’ve been rather happy to discover how much people have been enjoying this ongoing Bird Quiz series. The great thing is we’re unlikely to ever run out of material, so …
So, here we are again… Sometimes the bird itself isn’t a difficult species to ID. It doesn’t have to be in non-breeding plumage, nondescript, tiny or a random vagrant for …
It doesn’t get much tougher than the last bird challenge we presented. The juvenile Long-tailed Paradise Whydah that we are 95% sure it was had many people stumped, including most …
I simply wanted to type here, “Good luck!” and leave it at that! Our second Mystery Bird in the ongoing challenge series is tough. Understatement. I’ll give you some background …
I read Fin Lawlor’s post from a day or two ago, and funnily enough I had written a very similar post totally independently. Spending time at a waterhole, I remembered …
Birding is a huge component of a wilderness experience, or at least it should be. With almost 350 bird species having been recorded at Londolozi, it’s safe to say that …
Birds are not necessarily the first things that spring to mind when one is planning that first safari to Africa. However, soon after arriving here, it becomes obvious that birds …
With officially only four broad-billed rollers on Londolozi (and only in the Summer months), I think it’s safe to say that they are among the rarest birds we find here. …
What are you shooting ? What ISO do you have ? Is your F-stop low or high ? There’s a lot of noise in my photo…! Is yours on Aperture …
I’m glad I got your attention. An evocative heading will do that. However, I’m unfortunately not going to be giving any advice or techniques to use in the local pub …
One of the things I most enjoy about summer in the Lowveld is the increase in the amount of waterbodies due to the higher rainfall. The surrounding vegetation is also …
With the drought – that thankfully we slowly seem to be emerging from – having made for incredible predator-prey interactions, the birding world was sometimes overlooked, but over the course of the last few seasons a …
We ran a post just over a month ago on Birding for Beginners, which looked at some of the more common species you can encounter around camp. Birds aren’t everyone’s cup …
“When is the best time to visit the bush?” is a question that those of us who are lucky enough to live in this environment get asked fairly often. The answer …
As is understandable, most of our guests arrive with visions of the Big 5 in mind; lions, leopards and elephants are what they anticipate seeing, and hopefully are also what …