BLACKSMITH LAPWING SITTING ON EGGS, STRANDFONTEIN SEWER WORKS, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

GREATER FLAMINGOS, STRANDFONTEIN SEWER WORKS, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

   It was quite a sight seeing hundreds of Greater Flamingos in the lagoons at Strandfontein Sewer Works.   They are beautiful birds.  In the following photos you can see them in various poses: swimming, standing in water, dabbling and taking off in flight.

CAPE SHOVELER, STRANDFONTEIN SEWER WORKS, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

RED-KNOBBED COOT, STRANDFONTEIN SEWER WORKS, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

VIEW FROM EASTERN SHORE OF FALSE BAY, WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA

FAMILIAR CHAT, HAROLD PORTER GARDEN, BETTY'S BAY, WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA

    We can ID this bird as a Familiar Chat by its brownish-grey upperparts, rufous-and-black tail pattern, pale eyering and rufous wash on the ear converts.
   The Familiar Chat is a new species to our Photographic Life List, whichnow stands at 494.

OLIVE THRUSH WITH A WORM, HAROLD PORTER GARDEN, BETTY'S BAY, WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA

   We can ID this bird as a Olive Thrush by its orangish belly, yellow legs, yellow bill and dark eyering (see second photo).

   The Olive Thrush is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 493.