Specials in the mist
With a distinct habitat and climate, Zimbabwe’s
Eastern Highlands are a must-visit destination for any
birder wanting to see a bevy of special birds.
Inbox: Daggers drawn; Opportunistic Hornbill; Daggers drawn; Frozen moments; Got it!; Incoming; Next generation
African Hoopoe|bird identification|birding|Callum Evans|Cape Parrot|Cape Rockjumper|Cassie Carstens|correspondence|Ellane van Wyk|family|Gill de Bruin|Grey Cuckooshrike|Juan Nel|Knysna Turaco|letters|Narina Trogon|Olive Woodpecker|Somerset West Bird Club|Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill|spurfowl|Sue de Villiers|whiffling
Master blaster: 48 hours in the Vumba
“Brimstone Canary”|”Brown-backed Honeybird “|”Dark-capped Yellow Warbler”|”Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon”|”Grey Penduline-tit”|”Miombo tits”|”Olive sunbirds”|”Orange Ground Thrush”|”White-tailed Crested Flycatcher”|”Whitestarred robins “|”Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird”|”Yellowstreaked greenbuls”|African Firefinch|African Goshawk|African Palm Swifts|Ashy Flycatcher|Augur Buzzard|Bar-throated Apalis|bird ring|Black Cuckooshrike|Black-fronted bush-shrikes|Bronzy Sunbird|Buluwesi Murambiwa|Cabanis’s Bunting|Cape Batis|Chirinda Apalis|Cinnamon-breasted tit|Collared Sunbird|Eastern Highlands|Eastern Saw-wings|Green-capped Eremomela|Grey Cuckooshrike|Lazy Cisticola|Miombo Double-collared sunbird|Miombo Rock Thrush|Morgan Trimble|Olive bushshrikes|Red-capped Robin-chat|Red-faced Crombec|Red-throated Twinspot|Scaly-throated Honeyguide|Southern Hyliota`|Streaky-headed Seedeater|Stripe-cheeked Greenbul|Striped-cheeked greenbuls|Swynnerton’s robin|Swynnerton’s robins|White-eared Barbet|White-starred robin|Yellow-bellied Waxbills|Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird|Zimbabwe
Inbox: Opportunity strikes; Cluster housing; Getting familiar; Cuckooshrike strike; Special sighting
African Palm Swift|Carp’s Tit|Chestnut Weaver|chicks|Chobe National Park|Familiar Chat|Grey Cuckooshrike|Hugh Chittenden|Joe Ubbink|Laurel Osborne|Louise Victor|Lourens Botha|nesting|nestlings|nests|Rene Nielsen|Rock Martin|Southern Ground-Hornbill|Tim Osborne|Western Barn Owl|White-eared Barbet