Bird of the week – Week 47: Chestnut-vented tit-babbler
Walking through the veld anywhere in Namibia or in the semi-arid western parts of South Africa it is not unusual to be attracted to a melodious and bubbling song issuing from the depths of...
Monthly Archive: November 2010
Bushveld Soap Opera
There’s a Dettol advertisement on TV in South Africa at the moment in which they are marketing a soap dispenser with a sensor that makes the soap squirt out without you having to touch...
Bird of the Week – Week 46 : Southern carmine bee-eater
Carmine is the name of the red dye that was originally obtained from the cochineal beetle; described as the colour of tomatoes or rubies. Or blood. The name of a food dye used to...
Southern carmine bee-eater
Carmine is the name of the red dye that was originally obtained from the cochineal beetle; described as the colour of tomatoes or rubies. Or blood. The name of a food dye used to...
Namushasha to Kalizo Lodge
One of the delights of being a birder is the way events unfold when an unexpected bird puts in an appearance. On our way from Namushasha to Kalizo Lodge, we were driving through the...
Bird of the week – Week 45: Yellow-bellied greenbul
The Yellow-bellied greenbul is an attractive little bird that can sometimes become quite friendly and used to the presence of people; several times we have been visited by these birds while camping in northern...
Namushasha – a little piece of paradise
When you live inland in a desert environment, surrounded by leafless thorn trees and no grass or waterways, you sometimes long for the vibrancy of growth and moisture. Strangely enough, to me, gazing over...
Bird of the week – Week 44 : Orange River francolin
The four francolins of the genus Scleroptila, found mainly in the grassland areas of southern Africa, are a confusingly similar group, with their white throats and brown speckled plumage. There are differences, however, and...
Off the beaten track – Tsumkwe to Nokaneng
We’ve written before about how our love of birds has taken us all over the country. We’ve just returned from yet another trip that was moulded around seeing breeding colonies of the strikingly beautiful...
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