Rietvlei 10 June 2009

10 Jun 2009
A super day.
I planned a long walk to the hides but had to cut my walk short because spider webs were covering the whole area.
Going to the hides would have meant that I would have been covered with spiders.
The birds seem to congregate south of the new bird hide

• 10 Red-billed Teal
• 8 Yellow-billed Ducks
• African Darters
• 5 Red-knobbed Coots
• Egyptian geese
• Cormorants
• Cape Shoveler

Rietvlei -- 27-March 2009

Saw a white and black Coot on two separate occasions. Albino???

Coot chicks - Intaka Island - Century City - Cape Town

17-11-2008 Intaka Island – Blouvlei

They have lots of birds to view from close up at their nature reserve.

• Moorhens and chicks

• Coots

• Ibis

• Heron

• Cormorants

• The Snipes were not there yet, but I saw a stunning photograph of them.

A must-view nature area in the center of a concrete jungle.

Birds at Rondevlei 4-11-2008

Tuesday 4 November 2008,

We visited Rondevlei for a fire-fighting course.

In South Africa Fire-fighting is an important element of Nature Conservation.

The following birds were spotted:

• A Klaas's Cuckoo

• A large colony of African Sacred Ibis

• Coots

• Yellow-billed Ducks

• Glossy Ibis

• Burchell's Coucal