All pictures are taken by Winfried Loffler, author of this blog. The satellite images on this blog are from the NERC Satellite Receiving Station at Dundee University in Scotland.
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Saturday, October 17, 2009

Bird Watching in Somerset West

Birds observed in Somerset West (Centre of Town) October 2009

Smaller birds were displaying, larger birds flying over.

1. Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris

2. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca

3. Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash

4. African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus

5. Little Egret Egretta garzetta

6. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

7. Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala

8. Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus

9. Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius

10. African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer

11. African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus

12. African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro

13. Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus

14. Verreauxs' Eagle Aquila verreauxii

15. Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus

16. Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus

17. Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea

18. Laughing Dove Streptopelia (Stigmatopelia) senegalensis

19. Cape Turtle-Dove Streptopelia capicola

20. Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata

21. Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas

22. African Black Swift Apus barbatus

23. White-rumped Swift Apus caffer

24. White-backed Mousebird Colius colius

25. Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus

26. Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus

27. Cape Batis Batis capensis

28. Common Fiscal Lanius collaris

29. African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis

30. Pied Crow Corvus albus

31. White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis

32. Greater Striped Swallow Hirundo (Cercropis) cucullata

33. Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne holomelaena

34. Karoo Prinia Prinia maculosa

35. Cape Bulbul Pycnonotus capensis

36. Cape White-eye Zosterops virens (capensis)

37. Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio

38. Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris

39. Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus

40. Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens

41. Cape Robin-Chat Cossypha caffra

42. Southern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris (Nectarinia) chalybeus

43. House Sparrow Passer domesticus

44. Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus

45. Cape Weaver Ploceus capensis

46. Southern Masked-Weaver Ploceus velatus

47. Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix

48. Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild

49. Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
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