Southern Sightings
The late summer period naturally
started quietening down after
the midsummer excitement, but
there were still some classy rarities
on offer for birders all over
the subregion. As always, none
of the records included here have
been adjudicated by any of the
subregion’s Rarities Committees.
On the flip side; Royal flush?; Finders eaters; Adapting to the new normal; On the shelf
“African Oystercatchers”|”Diomedea epomophora”|”Observations and experiences with birds breeding in Botsw ana”|”Peacocks and Picathartes: Reflections on Africa’s birdlife”|”Phalaropus fulicarius”|”Physalia physalis”|”Whitefronted Plovers”|Alpine Swift|Blacksmith Lapwings|book review|breeding|Caspian Terns|Cliff Dorse|COVID-19|dynamic soaring|flying|Grey Heron|Hummingbirds|Ian-Malcolm Rijsdijk|Kelp Gulls|Ken Oake|kleptoparasitism|litter|Little Egrets|Lockdown|lockdown list|Mel Oake|Muizenberg|Northern Royal Albatross|Peter Ryan|plastic|pollution|Portuguese man o’ war|Red Phalarope|Rob Little|Rupert Watson|Sacred Ibis|Sandvlei|siphonophore|Southern Royal Albatross|taxonomy|upside down|Wandering Albatross|White-fronted Plovers
Sightings in the subregion
“Bridled Tern”|”Common Redshank”|”Lesser Blackbacked Gull”|”Ross’s Turaco”|”Whitethroated Bee-eater”|Black-tailed Godwit|Dick Jacobs|Egyptian Vulture|Eurasian Oystercatchers|Namibia|Red Phalarope|Red-billed Tropicbird|Red-necked Phalaropes|Red-tailed Tropicbird|Rob Leslie|Saunders’s Tern|Sharp-tailed Sandpiper|Trevor Hardaker|Western Marsh Harrier|Yellow-throated Leaflove