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: Birding at Springvale Olive Estate

Birding at Springvale Olive Estate with the Diaz Cross Bird Club explored a variety of habitats and yielded sightings of almost fifty species for me, including newly-returned swallows.   On Satur...

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...