Tweeters,

A month or so ago I asked for help/suggestions on birding in South
Africa. Many thanks to all those who sent me information.

As per one suggestion, I used the web page 'Birding Pals', which, by the
way, turned out to be a wonderful resource. I sent messages to names
listed for Jo'burg on the web site. All my e-mails were answered and I
was lucky enough to find someone whose schedule matched mine..voila!
Three days of wonderful birding in Kruger and Pilanesberg National
Parks. Many new birds and a few new friends.

Here, for something a little different, is the bird list.
1. Bar-Throated Apalis
2. Yellow-breasted Apalis
3. Arrow-marked Babbler
4. Black-collared Barbet
5. Crested Barbet
6. Yellow-fronted Tinker Barbet
7. Bateleur
8. Chin-spot Batis
9. European Bee-eater
10. Little Bee-eater
11. White-fronted Bee-eater
12. Crimson-breasted Boubou
13. Sombre Bulbul
14. Golden-breasted Bunting
15. Yellow-eyed Canary
16. Levaillant?s Cisticola
17. Reed Cormorant
18. Burchell?s Coucal
19. Long-billed Crombec
20. Pied Crow
21. Diederik Cuckoo
22. Darter
23. Spotted Dikkop
24. Water Dikkop
25. Emerald-spotted Dove
26. Red-eyed Dove
27. Cape Turtle Dove
28. Forked-tailed Drongo
29. Square-tailed Drongo
30. White-faced Duck
31. Yellow-billed Duck
32. African Fish Eagle
33. Wahlberg?s Eagle
34. Lanner Falcon
35. Brown Firefinch
36. Jameson?s Firefinch
37. Blue-grey Flycatcher
38. Dusky Flycatcher
39. Pallid Flycatcher
40. Paradise Flycatcher
41. Natal Francolin
42. Swainson?s Francolin
43. Egyptian Goose
44. Dark Chanting Goshawk
45. Little Banded Goshawk
46. White Helmet Shrike
47. Black-headed Shrike
48. Goliath Heron
49. Green-backed Heron
50. Madagascar Squacco Heron
51. Grey Hornbill
52. Ground Hornbill
53. Red-billed Hornbill
54. Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
55. Sacred Ibis
56. African Jacana
57. Eastern Red-footed Kestrel
58. Brown-hooded Kingfisher
59. Malachite Kingfisher
60. Pied Kingfisher
61. Striped Kingfisher
62. Woodland Kingfisher
63. Black-shouldered Kite
64. Yellow-billed Kite
65. Yellow-throated Longclaw
66. Grey Lourie
67. Knysna Lourie
68. Purple-crested Lourie
69. Pied Mannikin
70. Moorhen
71. Red-faced Mousebird
72. Speckled Mousebird
73. White-backed Mousbird
74. Fiery-necked Nightjar
75. Black-headed Oriole
76. Spotted Eagle Owl
77. Red-billed Oxpecker
78. Brown-headed Parrot
79. Green Pigeon
80. Blacksmith Plover
81. Three-banded Plover
82. Black-chested Prinia
83. Tawny-flanked Prinia
84. Puffback
85. Beared Robin
86. White-browed Scrub Robin
87. European Roller
88. Lilac-breasted Roller
89. Wood Sandpiper
90. Gorgeous Bush Shrike
91. Grey-headed Bush Shrike
92. Orange-breasted Bush Shrike
93. Fiscal Shrike
94. Lesser Grey Shrike
95. Long-tailed Shrike
96. Red-backed Shrike
97. White-crowned Shrike
98. Grey-headed Southern Sparrow
99. Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling
100. Burchell?s Glossy Starling
101. Plum-colored Starling
102. Stonechat
103. Marabou Stork
104. White Stork
105. Woolly-necked Stork
106. Gurney?s Sugarbird
107. Black Sunbird
108. Collared Sunbird
109. Greater Double-collared Sunbird
110. White-bellied Sunbird
111. European Swallow
112. Red-breasted Swallow
113. Wire-tailed Swallow
114. Alpine Swift
115. Little Swift
116. Palm Swift
117. White-rumped Swift
118. Black-crowned Tchagra
119. Groundscraper Thrush
120. Southern Black Tit
121. Hooded Vulture
122. White-backed Vulture
123. African Pied Wagtail
124. Cape Wagtail
125. Bleating Green-backed Warbler
126. Reed Cape Warbler
127. Blue Waxbill
128. Common Waxbill
129. Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
130. Spotted-backed Weaver
131. Thick-billed Weaver
132. Pin-tailed Wydah
133. Red-billed Wood Hoopoe
134. Scimitar-billed Wood Hoopoe
135. Golden-tailed Woodpecker

Again my thanks to all who had something to share with me on SA.

Tom Luhman
Bellevue, WA
ltadynamics at uswest.net