AW Challenge: Birds of Rietvlei Nature Reserve Chat & Discussion

[Amoli]

Lis... are you ready for the next few..

No 1


No.2


No.3


And - is this a Marsh Sand piper or a Common Greenshank juv. I though the Greenshank had a up-tilted beak

[Toko]

No 1 looks like Thick-billed Weaver! Even Lis will have to admit this

[Toko]

Lis... are you ready for the next few..

And - is this a Marsh Sand piper or a Common Greenshank juv. I though the Greenshank had a up-tilted beak

Why not Wood Sandpiper

[Amoli]

Had a look at it - with mark over the eye - you could be right...

If you need to see more - I have another 30 pix of it...

[Toko]

Lis... are you ready for the next few..

No.2

A bishop, I think female Southern Red Bishop

Looks like this one

[Toko]

Black crowned Night Heron

I think, this is a Green-backed Heron juv.

[Toko]

Southern Masked Weaver female?

Found another one: should be a couple of Southern Masked Weaver

[Lisbeth]

Lis... are you ready for the next few..

And - is this a Marsh Sand piper or a Common Greenshank juv. I though the Greenshank had a up-tilted beak

Why not Wood Sandpiper

It has greenish legs, the wood sandpiper has yellow ones, but it might be the light The juvenile's legs are more greenish The marsh sandpiper has a thinner bill. I agree with Toko - wood sandpiper

[Lisbeth]

Black crowned Night Heron

I think, this is a Green-backed Heron juv.

I think Amoli is right, juvenile black-crowned night-heron. It has a lot of stripes though and the eye looks yellow

[Toko]

The Black-crwoned should have a red eye and and more streaky stripes