Six Months in South Africa: Spring Birding at Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve

A blustery day of spring birding at Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve netted close-up views of exquisite Afromontane forest birds, including the stunningly beautiful African paradise-flycatcher.   In m...

Six Months in South Africa: Birding at Rhodes University

Intriguing nooks and crannies and abundant gardens, plantings and playing fields offer excellent opportunities for birding at Rhodes University in Grahamstown.   Three months have passed since Vi...

Six Months in South Africa: Hiking Featherstone Kloof

Hiking Featherstone Kloof near Grahamstown offered scenic views of fynbos-covered hills, riverine forest packed with songbirds and sightings of quintessentially South African Cape sugarbird and bloomi...

Six Months in South Africa: Birding in Baviaans River Valley

Three days of spectacular scenery and birding in Baviaans River Valley, Eastern Cape, netted me new South African adventures and fifty avian species, including fifteen for my life list!   Vilis a...