AW Challenge: Birds of Rietvlei Nature Reserve Chat & Discussion

[Amoli]

Thanks all - but I think I need to focus and see some animals also.... I failed horribly in that section.

[Toko]

Update

Amoli – 2320

Blacksmith Lapwing – 20
Common Moorhen – 20
African Spoonbill – 40
Common Ostrich – 20
Little Grebe – 40
White-breasted Cormorant – 20
Reed Cormorant – 20
African Darter – 20
Black-headed Heron – 40
Southern Masked Weaver – 20
Egyptian Goose – 20
Little Egret – 20
Cattle Egret – 20
Black-crowned Night-heron – 40
Hamerkop – 40
Hadeda Ibis - 20
Yellow-billed Duck – 20
Red-knobbed Coot – 20
Crimson-breasted Shrike – 40
Black-shouldered Kite – 20
Capped Wheatear – 60
White-fronted Bee-eater – 40
African Purple Swamphen - 20
African Wattled Lapwing - 20
Red-collared Widowbird - 20
Northern Black Korhaan - 20
Rufous-naped Lark - 20
Barn Swallow – 20
Southern Red Bishop – 20
Dark-capped Bulbul – 20
Cape Weaver - 40
Cape Longclaw - 20
Long-tailed Widowbird – 20
Banded Martin - 20
European Bee-eater – 20
Amur Falcon – 60
African Black Duck - 20
African Stonechat – 20
Crowned Lapwing - 20
Pied Starling - 20
Red-backed Shrike - 60
Helmeted Guineafowl - 20
White-throated Swallow - 20
Cape Robin-chat - 20
Black-chested Snake-eagle - 60
Common Fiscal – 20
Bokmakierie – 20
Cape Wagtail – 20
Green-backed Heron - 60
Ant-eating Chat - 20
Giant Kingfisher – 20
Secretarybird – 60
Swainson’s Spurfowl – 20
Greater Striped Swallow – 20
Burchell’s Coucal – 60
Groundscaper Thrush – 40
Pied Crow – 20
African Grey Hornbill – 40
Pied Kingfisher – 40
Malachite Kingfisher – 40
Red-throated Wryneck – 20
Lilac-breasted Roller – 40
Speckled Mousebird – 20
Spotted Thick-knee - 40
Wood Sandpiper – 40
Cape Glossy Starling – 20
Wood Duck – 10
Crested Barbet – 20
Cape Turtle Dove – 20
Laughing Dove – 20
Fiscal Flycatcher – 40
Grey Go-away Bird – 40
Pin-tailed Whydah – 20
Thick-billed Weaver – 40
Common Myna – 20
Tawny-flanked Prinia – 20
Hybrid: Mallard x African Black Duck – 10
Cape Grassbird – 60
Red-billed Quelea – 20
Diderick Cuckoo – 40
Yellow-crowned Bishop - 20
White-winged Widowbird - 20

Flutterby - 1330

Blacksmith Labwing – 20
Common Moorhen – 20
Common Ostrich – 20
Little Grebe – 40
White-breasted Cormorant - 20
Reed Cormorant – 20
African Darter – 20
Southern Masked Weaver – 20
Egyptian Goose – 20
Little Egret – 20
Cattle Egret – 20
Hadeda Ibis – 20
Yellow-billed Duck – 20
Red-knobbed Coot – 20
Black-shouldered Kite – 20
White-fronted Bee-eater – 40
African Wattled Lapwing – 20
Red-collared Widowbird - 20
Northern Black Korhaan – 20
Rufous-naped Lark - 20
Barn Swallow – 20
Southern Red Bishop – 20
Dark-capped Bulbul – 20
Levaillant’s Cisticola - 20
Cape Weaver - 40
Cape Longclaw - 20
Long-tailed Widowbird – 20
Banded Martin - 20
European Bee-eater - 20
African Black Duck - 20
African Stonechat – 20
Crowned Lapwing – 20
Pied Starling – 20
Red-backed Shrike – 60
Helmeted Guineafowl – 20
White-throated Swallow – 20
Cape Robin-chat – 20
Black-chested Snake-eagle - 60
Common Fiscal – 20
Bokmakierie – 20
Cape Wagtail – 20
Green-backed Heron – 60
Ant-eating Chat – 20
Giant Kingfisher - 20
Pied Crow - 20
Spotted Thick-knee - 40
Cape Glossy Starling – 20
Pin-tailed Whydah – 20
Hybrid: Mallard x African Black Duck – 10
Diderick Cuckoo – 40
Plain-backed Pipit – 40
Yellow-crowned Bishop - 20
Spotted Flycatcher – 20
Greater Kestrel – 40

Dewi – 340

Common Ostrich – 20
Egyptian Goose – 20
Marsh Owl – 60
Crimson-breasted Shrike – 40
Black-shouldered Kite – 20
Capped Wheatear - 60
Golden-tailed Woodpecker – 60
White-fronted Bee-eater – 40
African Sacred Ibis - 20

Toko - 290

Blacksmith Lapwing – 20
Common Moorhen - 20
African Spoonbill – 40
Southern Masked Weaver - 20
Egyptian Goose – 20
Yellow-billed Duck – 20
Red-billed Teal – 20
Red-knobbed Coot – 20
African Purple Swamphen – 20
African Wattled Lapwing - 20
Hybrid: Mallard x African Black Duck – 10
Cape Grassbird – 60

Lisbeth – 240

Common Moorhen – 20
Common Ostrich – 20
Reed Cormorant – 20
Egyptian Goose – 20
Cattle Egret – 20
Hadeda Ibis – 20
Black-shouldered Kite - 20
Southern Red Bishop – 20
Long-tailed Widowbird – 20
Crowned Lapwing - 20
Spotted Thick-knee - 40

[Lisbeth]

Southern masked weaver

Male

Female

[Toko]

Another update

Amoli – 2320

Blacksmith Lapwing – 20
Common Moorhen – 20
African Spoonbill – 40
Common Ostrich – 20
Little Grebe – 40
White-breasted Cormorant – 20
Reed Cormorant – 20
African Darter – 20
Black-headed Heron – 40
Southern Masked Weaver – 20
Egyptian Goose – 20
Little Egret – 20
Cattle Egret – 20
Black-crowned Night-heron – 40
Hamerkop – 40
Hadeda Ibis - 20
Yellow-billed Duck – 20
Red-knobbed Coot – 20
Crimson-breasted Shrike – 40
Black-shouldered Kite – 20
Capped Wheatear – 60
White-fronted Bee-eater – 40
African Purple Swamphen - 20
African Wattled Lapwing - 20
Red-collared Widowbird - 20
Northern Black Korhaan - 20
Rufous-naped Lark - 20
Barn Swallow – 20
Southern Red Bishop – 20
Dark-capped Bulbul – 20
Cape Weaver - 40
Cape Longclaw - 20
Long-tailed Widowbird – 20
Banded Martin - 20
European Bee-eater – 20
Amur Falcon – 60
African Black Duck - 20
African Stonechat – 20
Crowned Lapwing - 20
Pied Starling - 20
Red-backed Shrike - 60
Helmeted Guineafowl - 20
White-throated Swallow - 20
Cape Robin-chat - 20
Black-chested Snake-eagle - 60
Common Fiscal – 20
Bokmakierie – 20
Cape Wagtail – 20
Green-backed Heron - 60
Ant-eating Chat - 20
Giant Kingfisher – 20
Secretarybird – 60
Swainson’s Spurfowl – 20
Greater Striped Swallow – 20
Burchell’s Coucal – 60
Groundscaper Thrush – 40
Pied Crow – 20
African Grey Hornbill – 40
Pied Kingfisher – 40
Malachite Kingfisher – 40
Red-throated Wryneck – 20
Lilac-breasted Roller – 40
Speckled Mousebird – 20
Spotted Thick-knee - 40
Wood Sandpiper – 40
Cape Glossy Starling – 20
Wood Duck – 10
Crested Barbet – 20
Cape Turtle Dove – 20
Laughing Dove – 20
Fiscal Flycatcher – 40
Grey Go-away Bird – 40
Pin-tailed Whydah – 20
Thick-billed Weaver – 40
Common Myna – 20
Tawny-flanked Prinia – 20
Hybrid: Mallard x African Black Duck – 10
Cape Grassbird – 60
Red-billed Quelea – 20
Diderick Cuckoo – 40
Yellow-crowned Bishop - 20
White-winged Widowbird - 20

Flutterby - 1330

Blacksmith Labwing – 20
Common Moorhen – 20
Common Ostrich – 20
Little Grebe – 40
White-breasted Cormorant - 20
Reed Cormorant – 20
African Darter – 20
Southern Masked Weaver – 20
Egyptian Goose – 20
Little Egret – 20
Cattle Egret – 20
Hadeda Ibis – 20
Yellow-billed Duck – 20
Red-knobbed Coot – 20
Black-shouldered Kite – 20
White-fronted Bee-eater – 40
African Wattled Lapwing – 20
Red-collared Widowbird - 20
Northern Black Korhaan – 20
Rufous-naped Lark - 20
Barn Swallow – 20
Southern Red Bishop – 20
Dark-capped Bulbul – 20
Levaillant’s Cisticola - 20
Cape Weaver - 40
Cape Longclaw - 20
Long-tailed Widowbird – 20
Banded Martin - 20
European Bee-eater - 20
African Black Duck - 20
African Stonechat – 20
Crowned Lapwing – 20
Pied Starling – 20
Red-backed Shrike – 60
Helmeted Guineafowl – 20
White-throated Swallow – 20
Cape Robin-chat – 20
Black-chested Snake-eagle - 60
Common Fiscal – 20
Bokmakierie – 20
Cape Wagtail – 20
Green-backed Heron – 60
Ant-eating Chat – 20
Giant Kingfisher - 20
Pied Crow - 20
Spotted Thick-knee - 40
Cape Glossy Starling – 20
Pin-tailed Whydah – 20
Hybrid: Mallard x African Black Duck – 10
Diderick Cuckoo – 40
Plain-backed Pipit – 40
Yellow-crowned Bishop - 20
Spotted Flycatcher – 20
Greater Kestrel – 40

Dewi – 340

Common Ostrich – 20
Egyptian Goose – 20
Marsh Owl – 60
Crimson-breasted Shrike – 40
Black-shouldered Kite – 20
Capped Wheatear - 60
Golden-tailed Woodpecker – 60
White-fronted Bee-eater – 40
African Sacred Ibis - 20

Toko - 290

Blacksmith Lapwing – 20
Common Moorhen - 20
African Spoonbill – 40
Southern Masked Weaver - 20
Egyptian Goose – 20
Yellow-billed Duck – 20
Red-billed Teal – 20
Red-knobbed Coot – 20
African Purple Swamphen – 20
African Wattled Lapwing - 20
Hybrid: Mallard x African Black Duck – 10
Cape Grassbird – 60

Lisbeth – 260

Common Moorhen – 20
Common Ostrich – 20
Reed Cormorant – 20
Egyptian Goose – 20
Cattle Egret – 20
Hadeda Ibis – 20
Black-shouldered Kite - 20
Southern Red Bishop – 20
Long-tailed Widowbird – 20
Crowned Lapwing - 20
Spotted Thick-knee - 40
Southern Masked-Weaver - 20

[Toko]

Another update

steamtrainfan has added a new record for Rietvlei: European Honey-buzzard

Amoli – 2320

Blacksmith Lapwing – 20
Common Moorhen – 20
African Spoonbill – 40
Common Ostrich – 20
Little Grebe – 40
White-breasted Cormorant – 20
Reed Cormorant – 20
African Darter – 20
Black-headed Heron – 40
Southern Masked Weaver – 20
Egyptian Goose – 20
Little Egret – 20
Cattle Egret – 20
Black-crowned Night-heron – 40
Hamerkop – 40
Hadeda Ibis - 20
Yellow-billed Duck – 20
Red-knobbed Coot – 20
Crimson-breasted Shrike – 40
Black-shouldered Kite – 20
Capped Wheatear – 60
White-fronted Bee-eater – 40
African Purple Swamphen - 20
African Wattled Lapwing - 20
Red-collared Widowbird - 20
Northern Black Korhaan - 20
Rufous-naped Lark - 20
Barn Swallow – 20
Southern Red Bishop – 20
Dark-capped Bulbul – 20
Cape Weaver - 40
Cape Longclaw - 20
Long-tailed Widowbird – 20
Banded Martin - 20
European Bee-eater – 20
Amur Falcon – 60
African Black Duck - 20
African Stonechat – 20
Crowned Lapwing - 20
Pied Starling - 20
Red-backed Shrike - 60
Helmeted Guineafowl - 20
White-throated Swallow - 20
Cape Robin-chat - 20
Black-chested Snake-eagle - 60
Common Fiscal – 20
Bokmakierie – 20
Cape Wagtail – 20
Green-backed Heron - 60
Ant-eating Chat - 20
Giant Kingfisher – 20
Secretarybird – 60
Swainson’s Spurfowl – 20
Greater Striped Swallow – 20
Burchell’s Coucal – 60
Groundscaper Thrush – 40
Pied Crow – 20
African Grey Hornbill – 40
Pied Kingfisher – 40
Malachite Kingfisher – 40
Red-throated Wryneck – 20
Lilac-breasted Roller – 40
Speckled Mousebird – 20
Spotted Thick-knee - 40
Wood Sandpiper – 40
Cape Glossy Starling – 20
Wood Duck – 10
Crested Barbet – 20
Cape Turtle Dove – 20
Laughing Dove – 20
Fiscal Flycatcher – 40
Grey Go-away Bird – 40
Pin-tailed Whydah – 20
Thick-billed Weaver – 40
Common Myna – 20
Tawny-flanked Prinia – 20
Hybrid: Mallard x African Black Duck – 10
Cape Grassbird – 60
Red-billed Quelea – 20
Diderick Cuckoo – 40
Yellow-crowned Bishop - 20
White-winged Widowbird - 20

Flutterby - 1330

Blacksmith Labwing – 20
Common Moorhen – 20
Common Ostrich – 20
Little Grebe – 40
White-breasted Cormorant - 20
Reed Cormorant – 20
African Darter – 20
Southern Masked Weaver – 20
Egyptian Goose – 20
Little Egret – 20
Cattle Egret – 20
Hadeda Ibis – 20
Yellow-billed Duck – 20
Red-knobbed Coot – 20
Black-shouldered Kite – 20
White-fronted Bee-eater – 40
African Wattled Lapwing – 20
Red-collared Widowbird - 20
Northern Black Korhaan – 20
Rufous-naped Lark - 20
Barn Swallow – 20
Southern Red Bishop – 20
Dark-capped Bulbul – 20
Levaillant’s Cisticola - 20
Cape Weaver - 40
Cape Longclaw - 20
Long-tailed Widowbird – 20
Banded Martin - 20
European Bee-eater - 20
African Black Duck - 20
African Stonechat – 20
Crowned Lapwing – 20
Pied Starling – 20
Red-backed Shrike – 60
Helmeted Guineafowl – 20
White-throated Swallow – 20
Cape Robin-chat – 20
Black-chested Snake-eagle - 60
Common Fiscal – 20
Bokmakierie – 20
Cape Wagtail – 20
Green-backed Heron – 60
Ant-eating Chat – 20
Giant Kingfisher - 20
Pied Crow - 20
Spotted Thick-knee - 40
Cape Glossy Starling – 20
Pin-tailed Whydah – 20
Hybrid: Mallard x African Black Duck – 10
Diderick Cuckoo – 40
Plain-backed Pipit – 40
Yellow-crowned Bishop - 20
Spotted Flycatcher – 20
Greater Kestrel – 40

Dewi – 340

Common Ostrich – 20
Egyptian Goose – 20
Marsh Owl – 60
Crimson-breasted Shrike – 40
Black-shouldered Kite – 20
Capped Wheatear - 60
Golden-tailed Woodpecker – 60
White-fronted Bee-eater – 40
African Sacred Ibis - 20

Toko - 290

Blacksmith Lapwing – 20
Common Moorhen - 20
African Spoonbill – 40
Southern Masked Weaver - 20
Egyptian Goose – 20
Yellow-billed Duck – 20
Red-billed Teal – 20
Red-knobbed Coot – 20
African Purple Swamphen – 20
African Wattled Lapwing - 20
Hybrid: Mallard x African Black Duck – 10
Cape Grassbird – 60

Lisbeth – 260

Common Moorhen – 20
Common Ostrich – 20
Reed Cormorant – 20
Egyptian Goose – 20
Cattle Egret – 20
Hadeda Ibis – 20
Black-shouldered Kite - 20
Southern Red Bishop – 20
Long-tailed Widowbird – 20
Crowned Lapwing - 20
Spotted Thick-knee - 40
Southern Masked-Weaver - 20


steamtrainfan – 100

European Honey-buzzard – 100

[Amoli]

Great sighting STF..

[nan]

[Richprins]

stf thought it was a brown snake eagle...just saying...


No fight, stf!

[Toko]

And I thought it was a juv YBK

[Richprins]

H. and I were behind stf, and the thing was blundering about from bushy tree to bushy tree, not BSE behaviour...