The Kruger National Park has a list just short of 500 bird species recorded there. Many of these are summer migrants, while a few others are rare vagrants to these parts. Even in winter however, the Park abounds with feathered life, and here’s just a few of the 115 species we managed to tick in our recent eight day visit to the Satara and Mopani areas of the Park.
African Mourning Dove
African Mourning Dove
African Spoonbill
Black Crake
Cape Glossy Starling
Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark
Chinspot Batis (male)
Coqui Francolin (male)
Double-Banded Sandgrouse male
Double-Banded Sandgrouse female
Great White Pelicans in flight over Mopani
Grey Heron using a hippo as an island
Grey Heron
Hamerkop
Kori Bustard
Ostrich female
Senegal lapwing
Southern Black Tit
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
Southern Ground Hornbill
Southern Ground Hornbill
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Red-billed Hornbill
Tawny Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
African Barred Owlet
Lilac Breasted Roller silhouette
Water Thick-Knee
White-Headed Vulture
Black and Woolly-necked Storks
Saddle-billed Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
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Such an amazing selection birds!
Thanks Inger!
Fabulous birds, Dries. Those saddle-billed storks are great!
They really are so regal, Maurice!
So many beautiful birds, Dries! The Hornbill shot is amazing. 🙂
Thanks Sylvia! There’s such an astonishing variety of birds in Kruger, and luckily in the camps many of them are easy to approach and photograph at close range – like the hornbills!
Dis rerig n pragtige versameling voëls wat jy hier wys, en dan gee jy nog die name ook. Snaaks genoeg is ek nou besig om meer Engels te wil wees. Ek onthou party se afrikaanse name gladnie meer nie. Wat noem mens die heel eerste groot foto nou weer?
Baie dankie Ineke! Daar is so baie name om te ken, ek kan dink dis nogal iets wat n mens gou afleer as jy dit nie gereeld gebruik nie. Die openingsfoto is van n mannetjie Swempie Patrys.
Aaa, dis wat ek wou weet – patrys, al rerig vergeet van hulle terwyl daar baie gedurende my plaaslewe was. Nou is alles toegebou en geen voëllewe meer oor nie.
Dis hartseer dat mens deur omstandighede afgesluit kan raak van die natuur,veral as dit eens so deel van jou alledaagse bestaan was.
Wat kan mens maak. Daar kom tog weer ander geleenthede om tog wel uit te kom.
Absoluut Ineke – as n liefde vir die buitelewe in mens ingebou is, kan jy nie anders nie.
Beautiful catalog of sightings, de Wets. I was fortunate to see and photograph quite a few of these. Great post.
I’m glad they showed themselves off to you as well, Jane!
Jou foto van die Swempie is absoluut pragtig,Dries!
Baie dankie, Dina! Ons het hom en sy wyfietjie naby Orpen gesien – sy was baie skamer as hy.
Eendag as ek groot is gaan ek ook sulke mooi foto’s neem
Ai, baie dankie Tina!
Nice birding! I love the Saddle-billed Stork. 🙂
Thanks Kathy! I’m sure you’d be in 7th heaven with all Kruger’s feathered friends!
Daar’s ‘n paar groot bruin oortjies uil wat hier naby nes maak. Mens kan mens se horlosie stel op die tye wat hulle begin aktief raak in die aand! Een was een aand reg buite my kamer venster. Ek was al in die bed en het amper uitgeval toe ek die geroep reg hier by my hoor.
Re die padda navraag ‘n ruk terug? – dit blyk ‘n algemene verskynsel te wees. ‘n Kundige met die naam van Carruthers praat daaroor in ‘n handleiding.
Dis nou baie interessant oor die padda, Petru! Ek het nie geweet dat hulle hul kleur so eensklaps kan verander nie. Kon hulle toe die spesie identifiseer?
Julle is ook baie gelukkig dat die uile julle so vertrou om naby nes te maak!
Ek’s nie seker of die padda geidentifiseer is nie. Die persoon wat die vraag in die eerste plek gestel het moes dringend Pretoria toe en is nog nie terug nie.
Die uile se nes is verder af in die kloof. Dit was net die een aand wat hy/sy hier naby gejag het. Ons is net die drie voltydse huise hier, dus raak die diere mak. Duikers kom gereeld kuier, asook die ewige ape en die bobbejane ook.
Wonderlik om so naby aan die natuur te kan lewe, maar ek glo die ape en bobbejane kan nogal n lastigheid raak!
Die ape veral! ‘n Onnosele buurvrou het hulle kos gegee. Ek dink daaraan om ‘n hond aan te skaf om hulle te verjaag. Die bobbejane hardloop meesal weg as hulle ons sien. Darem.
Goed om te weet die bobbejane is darem nog versigtig vir julle, want hulle kan regtig baie gevaarlik raak!
Ek besef.
Vrek… dis baie! Julle maak my jaloers… al weer!! 😛
Die Wildtuin se verskeidenheid bly darem maar verstommend, AJ!
Daar is so ‘n groot verskeidenheid voels in die park!! Pragtig!
Ek wonder of mens ooit in een leeftyd al die Krugerwildtuin se voelsoorte sal kan sien, maar ons gaan defnitief probeer!
Dis waar!
Wonderful gallery of shots for its variety. Enjoying your blog for it’s reference potential – packed with venue information and species identification. Quite a few birds here I’ve never heard of – great to see the pics.
Thanks Liz! I think that really is what we set out to achieve with de Wets Wild!
Our Morning Doves look exactly the same! We have a few families of them living around here, one we call “Whootie” ! He was a lonely male that never shut up!Ho..whoo…I had to go and talk to him but then he thought I was a girl Dove.. I had to quit Hoo hoo ing back and end it!! He finally found a girl friend!! lol…. Great post we have so many birds of the same species, just another colour!!
You’re a real “dove whisperer” by the sounds of it, Teresa!
Birds really have conquered the world!
Quite a flock of photos. 🙂
janet
😀
Thanks Janet!
Did the hippo have nothing to say about the heron perched on his head? Wonderful pictures, the variety is amazing!
Thanks Pat!
No, the hippo didn’t seem to mind the company at all!