A Special Post For My Father

My father is an ornithologist, avidly into the avians.

By about 10am yesterday at Pilanesberg, I realized that it was going to be an extraordinary day when measured in terms of wildlife viewing. This included a profusion of birds, all of which were brand new species to my semi-trained eye (except for the lovely globe-circling Black-Shouldered Kite).

So I bought a little bird guide at the visitor center and started writing down what happened to fly (or, in the case of the Ostrich, stroll casually) by the car.

So, in honor of my father, here is the list of the small percentage of birds I saw yesterday which I could actually identify:

Pied Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Grey Heron
African Darter
Blue Waxbill
Southern Red Bishop
Rock Pigeon
Fork-tailed Drongo
African Hoopoe
Crimson-breasted Shrike
Black-eyed Bulbul
Ostrich
African Black Sunbird