06 January 2024 - Colesberg to Midrand; Day 16
Not a breathe of air when I woke at sunrise, so a quick dash out on the sand road to the farm gate with camera and bins before breakfast.
This Ant-eating Chat was an obliging subject in the early morning light with a nice Karoo backdrop
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| Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora) |
I was hoping for a Blue Korhaan flyby like last year, but instead got a single Blue Crane
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| Blue Crane (Grus paradiseus) |
This was followed by a Black-chested Snake Eagle being mobbed by some irritating Pied Crow
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| Black-chested Snake Eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) |
The Eastern Clapper Larks were already out and displaying, it is a song and display synonymous with the Karoo
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| Eastern Clapper Lark (Mirafra fasciolata) |
I had a little better luck with the Black-headed Canary's, but could never get quite close enough
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| Black-headed Canary (Serinus alario) |
Zitting Cisticola was also more vocal this morning
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| Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis) |
Driving back for breakfast, I explored a smaller dam and had a good number of Shelduck with their distinctive honking call amongst some of the other ducks - always a good bird to see
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| South African Shelduck (Tadorna cana) |
We then all met for a hearty breakfast, before heading back to Jozi and the highveld for the last stretch of the journey in much heavier traffic.
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