VIEWS FROM ROOI-ELS, WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA

CAPE WAGTAIL EATING AN INSECT, ROOI-ELS, WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA

   We can ID this bird as a Cape Wagtail by its grey-brown upperparts, grey breast band (you can see the beginnings of the breast band in the second photo), white eyebrows and two faint wing bars.

   In the first photo we see the Cape Wagtail has caught some kind of flying insect; you can see its wings.

   The Cape Wagtail is a new species to our Photographic Life List , which now stands at 476.

KAROO PRINIA, EASTERN COAST OF FALSE BAY, SOUTH AFRICA

   We can ID this bird as a Karoo Prinia by its heavy streaking below, including on the throat and flanks; grey-brown upperparts and broad tail.

   The Karoo Prinia is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 475.

ROCK AGAMA, EASTERN COAST OF FALSE BAY, SOUTH AFRICA South

VIEWS FROM EASTERN COAST OF FALSE BAY, SOUTH AFRICA

SHARON, GEORGE & OUR GUIDE BRIAN, EASTERN COAST OF FALSE BAY, SOUTH AFRICA

   We arrived in Cape Town yesterday, Nov. 14.  Early the next day, our birding guide, Brian, picked us up at our hotel.  We spent all day on Tuesday, Nov. 15 and Thursday, Nov. 17, birding with him.  He really knew the birding hotspots and the birds in the area.  He was a great birding guide.

  Brian is on the left in the second photo.

ROAD SCHOLAR BIRDING TOUR GROUP PHOTO, A'ZAMBEZI RIVER LODGE, VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE

   This photo of the entire tour group and our guide was taken just before we left for the airport on Nov. 14.  Most of the tour group were going back home, but we went on a side trip to Cape Town.