Birding around Satara Rest Camp
7th Sept. Update on our birding in South Africa, finally found internet access so see below for more blogs. We spent the day birding the savannah around camp. New birds are hard to come by with Mosque Swallow as our only definite new bird. But Gray-headed Parrot is pending, as this species does not seem to be recognised by Clements’ taxonomy, yet. Some great mammals again today, with a magnificent male Lion topping the list. At lunchtime, as we wrote up our bird notes back at our rondavel in the heat of the day, we shared our table with Crested Barbets, Red- and Yellow-billed Hornbills, Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starlings, Natal Francolins and Arrow-marked Babblers – it all became rather crowded! After dark we took a night drive and saw Southern White-faced Owl, a new bird for our list. We also enjoyed even better views of Civet and Genet than before and added Porcupine to our growing mammal list.
Bird species total: 3121