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Month: June 2017

A Twitch Bus Adventure – A Parting Gift (Part 3)

June 25, 2017June 25, 2017 Bryn De Kocks Leave a comment

While our trip had seen us awake at completely unreasonable hours, it was decided that we wouldn’t be rushing out on Saturday, and instead we’d take it easy. We still wanted to hit the road in the morning though, as we’d be starting our venture back to Cape Town. While everyone else enjoyed their breakfast, […]

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A Twitch Bus Adventure – The Striped Crake Heartache (Part 2)

June 20, 2017June 20, 2017 Bryn De Kocks Leave a comment

After our success twitch of the Malagasy Pond Heron the day before, we were feeling confident in our next target; that of the Striped Crake at Thiyeni hide in Hluhluwe Game Reserve. Hidden somewhere between our thoughts of optimism, we all knew that given the small area which the hide overlooks, in combination with the […]

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A Twitch Bus Adventure – Malagasy Pond Heron (Part 1)

June 18, 2017June 18, 2017 Bryn De Kocks 1 Comment

“Who’s on board the twitch bus?”, a query asked a few times this past week in our local whatsapp birding group. A newcomer to the group, I had assumed any mention of a twitch bus was purely in jest; there surely couldn’t be a twitch bus. That was until Garth Shaw sent me a message: […]

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Differentiating Little Egret and Snowy Egret

June 9, 2017June 12, 2017 Bryn De Kocks Leave a comment

In South Africa we encounter countless amounts of Little Egrets out in the field. They are a common bird which are typically found in shallow areas of water, both salt and fresh water. When compared to our other Egrets; it’s a fairly straight forward identification process. With that said, when one throws into the mix […]

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Improving Your Bird Identification

June 1, 2017June 3, 2017 Bryn De Kocks Leave a comment

Being able to identify the bird you’re looking at is probably the most core aspect of birding, it is also one that doesn’t come without effort. Like with most things in life, what you put in is what you get out and if you continue trying to learn, you’re going to improve. If you become […]

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