The Burchell’s coucal is also commonly referred to as “The Rainbird” and has a well developed reputation in southern African for being able to predict impending rain. This association with rain probably arises because...
Being avid hikers and birders, Rob and I spend many hours walking outdoors and a snake that we have come across a number of times in Namibia is the Horned Adder (species – Bitis...
The bee-eaters are amongst the most colourful birds in the southern African region, and the smallest of them all, the aptly named Little bee-eater, is no exception. A slenderly built bird with a length...
You must have heard of the musical based on the comic book character Superman, with the words – “It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s Superman!” Well, here in Africa we have a new...
The Squacco heron is fairly common along the shorelines of freshwater dams and wetlands that have dense vegetation throughout the southern African region, with the exception of the very dry areas of the Namib...
I enjoy sharing other people’s thoughts on meditation and quiet, reflective time, so was delighted when I stumbled upon a website featuring the poems of the late Jim Metcalf, the unofficial poet-laureate of New...
The Mallard (perhaps together with the Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) is thought to be the ancestor of all domestic ducks. It is a particularly striking bird, especially the males which have a metallic-green head...
We’re planning a trip to the Erongo Mountains next week (one of our favourite spots in Namibia) and because of the rocky nature of the environment, we know we will come across the dassie,...
The Cape bunting is a fairly small bird, just 16 cm in length, and is often to be seen foraging on the rocky and fairly open ground along quieter roadsides. It is a near...
During the early evening of 15 June 2011, Namibian time, the respective orbits of the sun, moon and earth carried them into an alignment, with the earth sandwiched between its closest celestial neighbours, such...
The Yellow-bellied eremomela is found quite widely through the southern African region, and, indeed, through large parts of Africa northward to Sudan, although it is not found in the forests of the central and...
If you sit somewhere along the Namibian west coast, particularly in the vicinity of Swakopmund, and look out over the Atlantic Ocean at sunrise or sunset you are bound to see long chains of...
The White-browed scrub-robin, with a length of around 15 cm, is much the same size as the other scrub-robins and out in the field it is often necessary to look at the birds quite...
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