For the Birds

I know there are bird lovers out there and I apologize for not having given you the same attention as I have the animal enthusiasts.  So here is the list of birds that I was able to identify during my time in Southern Africa. If you don't see your favourite African bird, it doesn't mean I didn't see it. I probably did. But I am limited by a brain that can only remember so much before being able to look it up in a book, or consulting one of our guides. I'm afraid you will just have to roll your eyes and say "tsk" and imagine them. 

Even so, there are quite a few.  So get yourself a cup of tea or something, and here we go. In no particular order:

Bird Count:

ostrich, francolin, guinea fowl, cape gull, jackass penguin, sacred ibis, flamingo (greater and lesser), pied crow, African skimmer, yellow hornbill, red hornbill, Egyptian goose, spoonbill, fish eagle, African darter, grey heron, parrot, turkey, social weaver, kori bustard, male chanting goshawk, secretary bird, house sparrow, dune lark, white backed vulture, brown snake eagle, cape glossy starling, spotted eagle owl, African red eyed bulbul, open billed stork, pied kingfisher, egret, lilac breasted roller, African jacana, crested barbet, African open billed stork, reed cormorant, Cape cormorant, alpine swift, laughing dove, blacksmith plover, southern ground hornbill, African pied wagtail, bearded woodpecker, fork tailed drongo, rock martin, black eyed bulbul, magpie shrike, red billed oxpecker, orange breasted sunbird, white billed sparrow weaver, yellow fronted canary, long tailed shrike, red backed shrike, long tailed shrike, crimson breasted shrike, Cape turtle dove, bateleur, Swainson's spurfowl, commn ducks and geese and chickens, speckled mouse bird, white breasted cormorant, blacked headed heron, common moorhen, red knobbed coot, avocet, black winged stilt, sand grouse, martial eagle, go-away bird,

and pigeon.