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My Garden birds
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African Pygmy Kingfisher
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Birds make it on my garden list if they have been seen three times inside the boundaries. Fly-overs also need to be seen al least three times
Updated July 2009
1. 71 Cattle Egret 2. 81 Hamerkop 3. 94 Hadeda Ibis 4. 127 Black-shouldered Kite 5. 128 African Cuckoo Hawk 6. 136 Booted Eagle 7. 154 Lizard Buzzard 8. 160 African Goshawk 9. 169 Gymnogene 10. 171 Peregrine Falcon 11. 172 Lanner Falcon 12. 203 Helmeted Guineafowl 13. 297 Spotted Dikkop 14. 352 Red-eyed Dove 15. 354 Cape Turtle Dove 16. 355 Laughing Dove 17. 358 Emerald-spotted Wood-dove 18. 359 Tambourine Dove 19. 361 African Green Pigeon 20. 373 Grey Lourie 21. 382 Jacobin’s Cuckoo 22. 385 Klaas’s Cuckoo 23. 386 Diederik Cuckoo 24. 391 Burchell’s Coucal 25. 392 Barn Owl 26. 401 Spotted Eagle Owl 27. 409 Mozambique Nightjar 28. 424 Speckled Mousebird 29. 426 Red-faced Mousebird 30. 429 Giant Kingfisher 31. 432 African Pygmy Kingfisher 32. 433 Woodland Kingfisher 33. 435 Brown-hooded Kingfisher 34. 437 Striped Kingfisher 35. 438 European Bee-eater 36. 444 Little Bee-eater 37. 451 African Hoopoe 38. 452 Red-billed Woodhoopoe 39. 457 African Grey Hornbill 40. 458 Red-billed Hornbill 41. 459 Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill 42. 464 Black-collared Barbet 43. 470 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird 44. 473 Crested Barbet 45. 475 Scaly-throated Honeyguide 46. 487 Bearded Woodpecker 47. 522 Wire-tailed Swallow 48. 536 Black Saw-wing 49. 527 Lesser-striped Swallow 50. 538 Black Cuckooshrike 51. 541 Fork-tailed Drongo 52. 545 Black-headed Oriole 53. 548 Pied Crow 54. 568 Black-eyed Bulbul 55. 576 Kurrichane Thrush 56. 580 Groundscraper Thrush 57. 613 White-browed Scrub-robin 58. 648 Yellow-breasted Apalis 59. 655 Green-capped Eremomela 60. 657 Green-backed Bleating Warbler 61. 672 Rattling Cisticola 62. 683 Tawny-flanked Prinia 63. 689 Spotted Flycatcher 64. 696 Pallid Flycatcher 65. 701 Chin-spot Batis 66. 710 Paradise-flycatcher 67. 711 African Pied Wagtail 68. 713 Cape Wagtail 69. 733 Red-backed Shrike 70. 740 Puffback 71. 744 Black-crowned Tchagra 72. 748 Orange-breasted Bush Shrike 73. 751 Grey-headed Bush Shrike 74. 753 White Helmeted Shrike 75. 754 Red-billed Helmet Shrike 76. 761 Plum-coloured Starling 77. 764 Cape Glossy Starling 78. 785 Greater Double-collared Sunbird 79. 787 White-bellied Sunbird 80. 791 Scarlet-chested Sunbird 81. 801 House Sparrow 82. 804 Southern Grey-headed Sparrow 83. 807 Thick-billed Weaver 84. 810 Spectacled Weaver 85. 811 Spotted-backed Weaver 86. 819 Red-headed Weaver 87. 821 Red-billed Quelea 88. 829 White-winged Widow 89. 831 Red-collared Widow 90. 840 Blue-billed Firefinch 91. 842 Red-billed Firefinch 92. 844 Blue Waxbill 93. 855 Cut-throat Finch 94. 857 Bronze Mannikin 95. 858 Red-backed Mannikin 96. 860 Pin-tailed Whydah 97. 862 Paradise Whydah 98. 864 Black Widow Finch 99. 867 Steel-blue Widow Finch 100. 869 Yellow-eyed Canary 101. 884 Golden-breasted Bunting 102. 885 Cape Bunting 103. 886 Rock Bunting
Fly-overs: 1. 55 White-breasted Cormorant 2. 58 Reed Cormorant 3. 63 Black headed Heron 4. 92 Southern Bald Ibis 5. 99 White-faced Duck 6. 102 Egyptian Geese 7. 115 Knob-billed Duck 8. 142 Brown Snake Eagle 9. 140 Martial Eagle 10. 143 Black-breasted Snake Eagle 11. 148 African Fish Eagle 12. 417 Little Swift 13. 418 Alpine Swift 14. 547 Black Crow 15. 529 Rock Martin 16. 940 Yellow-billed Kite .
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Limpopo South Africa
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23 Nov 2009
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We are truly blessed with many bird species in the area. If only we can fence off all our land down to the dam and can conserve and protect the birds. Trees are cut down by the minute and hundreds of birds are shot by slingshot each day!
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Thanks
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Limpopo South Africa
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23 Nov 2009
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We are truly blessed with many bird species in the area. If only we can fence off all our land down to the dam and can conserve and protect the birds. Trees are cut down by the minute and hundreds of birds are shot by slingshot each day!
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Thanks
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Limpopo South Africa
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23 Nov 2009
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We are truly blessed with many bird species in the area. If only we can fence off all our land down to the dam and can conserve and protect the birds. Trees are cut down by the minute and hundreds of birds are shot by slingshot each day!
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wow
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Birdy UK
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22 Nov 2009
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that list is huge, very lucky and great to see so much nature close by to you
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wow
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Birdy UK
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22 Nov 2009
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that list is huge, very lucky and great to see so much nature close by to you
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wow
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Birdy UK
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22 Nov 2009
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that list is huge, very lucky and great to see so much nature close by to you
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