The Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park supports over 400 species of birds, many of which have become exceedingly rare, even threatened, outside formal conservation areas like this.
Bird-watching along the reserve’s road network is very rewarding, and there’s always something of interest at the three hides located at waterholes around the Park, or at the picnic sites set in beautiful locations along the Hluhluwe and Black Umfolozi Rivers. It is in the camps however, among the accommodation units, that the birds are most accustomed to a human presence and easiest to photograph as they go about their feathery business.
Enjoy this gallery showing some of the 73 species of bird we managed to identify during our recent winter visit to Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park.
Being one of our favourite destinations, we’ve featured Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park many times on our blog – have a look through all our posts about this special wilderness if you’d like to learn more about it.
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Beautiful Lilac guy! wow!
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One of our most beautiful birds for sure!
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Your ability to identify so many different types of birds – and photograph them so well – always amazes me.
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Having an excellent guidebook always helps with the identifications, Joanne, and even then we struggle with the myriad of “little brown birds”…
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There is no shame in admitting to help 🙂
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Learning new species through your gorgeous shots, Dries. It’s an amazing tally – from the littlest to that huge Woolly Stork,
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We’re blessed to live in a country with such diversity, Liz!
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Ek is mal oor die streepkoppie ….weereens pragtige foto’s,Dries!
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Baie dankie vir die gawe kompliment, Dina!
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What to say? Amazing an beautiful pictures. 🙂 You have a great knowledge of animals and nature! We also have house sparrow in Sweden! 🙂
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South Africa’s wild places and the wildlife that finds a home there really is our passion!
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Wow! That’s some diversity there. I liked the lilac-breasted roller. It looks colorful in a soft-toned way.
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Pity their voices aren’t as pretty as their plumage!
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The Bulbul is so cute. Little over-the-shoulder pose for you.
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He’s used to posing for his breakfast it seems!
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73 species of birds, an enviable record. Hats off to you, Dries!
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Thanks Hien. A little secret: there were many more little brown birds that we couldn’t identify
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73 species? That’s impressive. I like the Barbet, Roller, and Oxpecker. 🙂
janet
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I’m sure if we were more seasoned birders that tally would have been much higher, Janet.
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Awesome shots! May I ask which camera / lens did you use?
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Hi and welcome here, Josip, and thanks for the kind compliment. Our equipment is pretty basic; most of the landscape shots are taken with a little Canon Powershot A700 “point-and-shoot”, more than 10 years old, and the wildlife shots with a Canon 1200D fitted with a Canon EF 70-300mm lens.
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