Crested Barbet or Silly Goose
On our travels we always keep our eyes open for unusual things, and we recently came across a rather sad or amusing (whichever way you looked at it) show. We were camping at Kalizo...
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Bird of the Week – Week 130 – Olive woodpecker
The Olive woodpecker is the only woodpecker in the Southern African region that is not speckled, having plain olive green plumage with a bright red rump and a grey head and throat. Legs and...
Bird of the Week – Week 118 – Bearded woodpecker
The Bearded woodpecker is the largest of the arboreal woodpeckers found in the southern African region, with a length of about 24 cm. In Africa it is found as far north as the Central...
The majestic Baobab – a legend in its time
Africa is not called the ‘dark continent’ for nothing. It is a continent of dark secrets and legends. The legends cover not only the people, but the animals, rivers and trees. And the tree...
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