Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Birding safari 10 to 23 October 2010

On 19 October 2010. Male and female Greater painted snipe seen at Omaruru sewage works as well as one African Sacred Ibis. On 20 October one African Sacred Ibis seen at Walvis Bay sewage and six Red-necked Phalaropes seen at Walvis Bay lagoons on the road towards Paaltjies. On 22 October two Herero Chats seen at the top of Bosua Pass.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Fulvous Ducks at the Uniab River Mouth

Fulvous Duck Dendrocygna bicolor




I saw two Fulvous Ducks Dendrocygna bicolor on 21 December 2009 along the Skeleton Coast at some water at the mouth of the Uniab River.

Not sure if they have been recorded along the coast before. I did see two Fulvous Ducks here at the Swakopmund sewage plant during November 2007 as well.

Note that Fulvous Ducks are seen in the north, but are way outside of their normal range in the Swakopmund and coastal areas.

Neil MacLeod

Namibians Birding in 2010

A number of people living in Namibia have decided to do a birding big year this year. The aim is to have a bunch of people record all the birds they see for the year. It is meant in fun, basically just as a way to get back in touch with birding.

They plan to post stories from their blogging experiences on this blog:
http://2010-namibia-birding.blogspot.com/

Any interesting stories will be posted on this these updates as well.