This post is for all you birders out there. Today we spent the whole day participating in a research study from the University of Cape Town on mapping bird species in South African Game Reserves. We spent more than 8 hours driving around Shamwari identifying birds. In total, we found 78 different species. Besides the bird-spotting, we had a couple of other interesting sightings. The first was when we were getting out of our land rover for a coffee break. One of our rangers suddenly yelled - "Back in the car! Lions!" Glad we didn't end up as a morning snack for these guys:
The Servil cat we saw in the afternoon was a lot less fearsome looking:
Anyway, on to a small sampling of the birds:
The Cape Glossy Starling:
The Crowned Hornbill (also known as "Zazu" by you Lion King fans)
The Kingfisher
And some cool African ducks (don't remember their technical name)
Melanie will be able to entertain you with many more bird pictures upon our return! Please be sure that we wake to good news about our Red Sox tomorrow morning! My playoff beard is still growing......
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