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Bird of the Day. One of mine from the Mkomaas Valley in southern KZN.
04/09/2024

Bird of the Day. One of mine from the Mkomaas Valley in southern KZN.

Bird of the Day. This great image is from Barry Revell, taken in Botswana swamps. A large heavy-billed coucal with barre...
03/09/2024

Bird of the Day. This great image is from Barry Revell, taken in Botswana swamps. A large heavy-billed coucal with barred tail coverts (not visible in this photo).

Bird of the Day. From the KZN South Coast, a fine portrait of a forest bird difficult to photograph. Note the lack of bl...
02/09/2024

Bird of the Day. From the KZN South Coast, a fine portrait of a forest bird difficult to photograph. Note the lack of black spots on wing coverts.

31/08/2024

We are going on walkabout to Cairns in north-eastern tropical Australia for 9 weeks, visiting our family. I will continue to post Bird of the Day, maybe salting in an occasional exceptional Aus bird. But the South African images will continue as a daily offering. From Monday, and for three days of travel, I will schedule postings without comment, until we arrive. Happy days.

Bird of the Day. As easy as it gets - 2 images of our now human-adapted geese. So a different slant today - making the f...
31/08/2024

Bird of the Day. As easy as it gets - 2 images of our now human-adapted geese. So a different slant today - making the familiar new. 'Our' pair now feed at our feeding station 7m away even when we are in plain sight. The male (single image, and at the back in the photo) is easily identifiable by his thicker neck - also he hisses whilst she honks. Incredibly, they can easily pick up individual small round bird seed with their bills, eating more than one a second. She is bolder, feeding at about twice the rate that h does; and he follows ever-alert. They are always in close attendance; very seldom more than 3-4m away.

Bird of the Day. A really interesting image from Jackie du Plessis.
30/08/2024

Bird of the Day. A really interesting image from Jackie du Plessis.

Snow on the Pass.
29/08/2024

Snow on the Pass.

Bird of the Day. A great pic from Peter Divall. A scarce stork in southern Africa.
29/08/2024

Bird of the Day. A great pic from Peter Divall. A scarce stork in southern Africa.

Bird of the Day. A beautiful composition by Francois Kruger - a species of the dry west.
28/08/2024

Bird of the Day. A beautiful composition by Francois Kruger - a species of the dry west.

Bird of the Day. For the first time, I have a pic of this species which is not a silhouette. In a mistbelt forest close ...
27/08/2024

Bird of the Day. For the first time, I have a pic of this species which is not a silhouette. In a mistbelt forest close to Underberg.

Bird of the Day. One of the scarce ducks by Willem Kruger - a fine portrait.
26/08/2024

Bird of the Day. One of the scarce ducks by Willem Kruger - a fine portrait.

Bird of the Day. A superb image from Pieter Bester from Mozambique.
24/08/2024

Bird of the Day. A superb image from Pieter Bester from Mozambique.

Bird of the Day. An excellent image of a very active warbler-type bird from the bushveld by Jackie du Plessis.
23/08/2024

Bird of the Day. An excellent image of a very active warbler-type bird from the bushveld by Jackie du Plessis.

Bird of the Day. A fine study from Lia Steen on the KZN South Coast.
22/08/2024

Bird of the Day. A fine study from Lia Steen on the KZN South Coast.

Bird of the Day. A white egret challenge without overall size reference, but relying bill and leg colour, gape length an...
21/08/2024

Bird of the Day. A white egret challenge without overall size reference, but relying bill and leg colour, gape length and relative length of bill and neck. One of mine from Underberg yesterday.

Bird of the Day. Summer is coming. A bird-in-the-habitat shot from Francois Kruger, one of the more sought-after ticks.
20/08/2024

Bird of the Day. Summer is coming. A bird-in-the-habitat shot from Francois Kruger, one of the more sought-after ticks.

Bird of the Day. A close-up of a babbler from the Zambezi valley in Zimbabwe by Barry Revell. Look carefully at the scal...
19/08/2024

Bird of the Day. A close-up of a babbler from the Zambezi valley in Zimbabwe by Barry Revell. Look carefully at the scalloped plumage and rump.

Bird of the Day. One of mine from our Underberg garden
17/08/2024

Bird of the Day. One of mine from our Underberg garden

Brand-new online 2-session course - ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ. Another great course with fine images. Contact me on ๐™—๐™ž๐™ง...
16/08/2024

Brand-new online 2-session course - ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ. Another great course with fine images. Contact me on ๐™—๐™ž๐™ง๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™™๐™ค@๐™œ๐™ข๐™–๐™ž๐™ก.๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข or click https://calendly.com/birding-with-aldo/chats

Bird of the Day. An outstanding image from Willem Kruger, a species which occurs in forests and wooded areas in wetter a...
16/08/2024

Bird of the Day. An outstanding image from Willem Kruger, a species which occurs in forests and wooded areas in wetter areas.

Bird of the Day. From the very far north of southern Africa, this species - for the first time on this site. A marvellou...
15/08/2024

Bird of the Day. From the very far north of southern Africa, this species - for the first time on this site. A marvellous pic from Peter Divall.

You have to try my new 2-session online course on ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ - 40 species including tricky birds like th...
14/08/2024

You have to try my new 2-session online course on ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ, ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ - 40 species including tricky birds like this chat captured at Sani Top. I have sourced great images. Let's crack those confusing canaries (particularly the females/juveniles), look-alike chats and similar species. I have really enjoyed the challenge of putting this course together and would love to share that with you. contact me on [email protected] or click teh link below for more info and to register.
https://calendly.com/birding-with-aldo/chats

Bird of the Day. From the KZN South Coast, a superb portrait of a raptor, courtesy of Lia Steen.
14/08/2024

Bird of the Day. From the KZN South Coast, a superb portrait of a raptor, courtesy of Lia Steen.

Bird of the Day. A detailed image of three ducks by Jackie du Plessis.
13/08/2024

Bird of the Day. A detailed image of three ducks by Jackie du Plessis.

Bird of the Day. A fine portrait from the dry north-west of South Africa from Francois Kruger.
12/08/2024

Bird of the Day. A fine portrait from the dry north-west of South Africa from Francois Kruger.

Bird of the Day. From Pieter Bester, taken in Mozambique, a marvelous pic of this scarce raptor. Check out big head, bar...
10/08/2024

Bird of the Day. From Pieter Bester, taken in Mozambique, a marvelous pic of this scarce raptor. Check out big head, bare legs and tantalising glimpse of underparts. why not join ๐‘น๐™–๐’‘๐™ฉ๐’๐™ง๐’” ๐’˜๐™ž๐’•๐™ ๐˜ผ๐’๐™™๐’ - 3 online sessions next week. Contact me on [email protected] or click the link below.
https://calendly.com/birding-with-aldo/raptors

Bird of the Day. From Barry Revell, a superb pic from the thornveld
09/08/2024

Bird of the Day. From Barry Revell, a superb pic from the thornveld

Bird of the Day. An excellent image from Willem Kruger - summer is coming.
08/08/2024

Bird of the Day. An excellent image from Willem Kruger - summer is coming.

Bird of the Day. A tough one today, two pics taken in Zambia by Alan Bedford-Shaw of a difficult and scarce raptor. Note...
07/08/2024

Bird of the Day. A tough one today, two pics taken in Zambia by Alan Bedford-Shaw of a difficult and scarce raptor. Note small head and bill, long tail, yellow eyes and bare legs. My next raptor course begins on Mon 12 Aug and features this and another 71 raptors. Contact me on [email protected] or www.birdingwithaldo.com for more info and to register.

Bird of the Day. One of mine from the Coleford Nature reserve.
06/08/2024

Bird of the Day. One of mine from the Coleford Nature reserve.

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๐’๐’–๐’๐’–๐’๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘จ๐’๐’…๐’ on Tues 18 June and Thurs 20 June. 1st time in 18 months, a guide to the special birds and destinations of Zululand - a bucket-list destination for SA birders. Register below or email me on [email protected] https://calendly.com/birding-with-aldo/kzn-northern-leg.

One of Kruger's more puzzling birds - a Sabota Lark. Learn this bird and 120 others in ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ญ online course. The 3-session course runs from Mon 10 June, Weds 12th and Thurs 13th at 7pm. Click the link below to register or go to www.birdingwithaldo.com https://calendly.com/birding-with-aldo/kruger

What better than the warmth, surroundings and sounds of the bushveld in winter. Join our Kruger Toolkit course with 120 birds. Check our video with Arrow-marked Babblers and Crested Barbet with Red-faced and Rattling Cisticolas calling in the background. The 3-session course runs from Mon 10 June, Weds 12th and Thurs 13th at 7pm. Click the link below to register or go to www.birdingwithaldo.com https://calendly.com/birding-with-aldo/kruger

Two great Kruger birding courses!!! ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜ ๐’•๐’ ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐‘ฒ๐’“๐’–๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“ ๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’“๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’‘ is a new course from Birding with Aldo. For the first time, specific strategies and tactics for planning your trip. Three sessions beginning 22 January. Register on https://calendly.com/birding-with-aldo/plan-krugerbirds-with-aldo In addition, our long-time popular Kruger course (renamed ๐‘ฒ๐’“๐’–๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’”๐’‰๐’—๐’†๐’๐’… ๐‘ป๐’๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’Š๐’•) has been completely revised (images, species, content) to be even more effective. Three sessions beginning on 12 February. Register https://calendly.com/birding-with-aldo/kruger

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The African Birding Fair is this weekend. www.eventmobi/birdfair

๐˜ฝ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜ฝ๐™ž๐™ง๐™™๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™”๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™œ๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ 7 ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™˜๐™ This 3-session inexpensive course shows you simple practical ways to fill your garden with birds and bird-song, including practical ways to provide food, water, and to create a bird-friendly garden in the long term. โ€‹Learn how to avoid pitfalls and problems. We demonstrate and list plants which attract birds by offering insects, nectar, fruit, seed and nesting opportunities for all regions of South Africa. Can be used as a long-term reference. To book: https://calendly.com/birding.../bring-birds-to-your-garden

๐˜ฝ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜ฝ๐™ž๐™ง๐™™๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™”๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™œ๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ 7 ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ง๐™˜๐™ This 3-session inexpensive course shows you simple practical ways to fill your garden with birds and bird-song, including practical ways to provide food, water, and to create a bird-friendly garden in the long term. โ€‹Learn how to avoid pitfalls and problems. We demonstrate and list plants which attract birds by offering insects, nectar, fruit, seed and nesting opportunities for all regions of South Africa. Can be used as a long-term reference. To book: https://calendly.com/birding.../bring-birds-to-your-garden

Bird of the Day. A video of a juvenile crake/rail. Check out bill shape and juvenile descriptions.

With Underberg firmly in the grip of winter, we have many customers for our garden birdy restuarants in the early mornings. The sugar-water feeder is particularly popular and I have posted a video showing Amethyst Sunbirds (some of the males losing their breeding plumage and also juvenille males) as well as a very determined Greater Double-collared Sunbird.

Attracting birds to your garden can bring enormous pleasure! Join us on a ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ. Learn responsible and sustainable techniques in providing food, water and shelter for birds; ๐’Š๐’๐’„๐’๐’–๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’“๐’…๐’”! In this video, Birding with Aldo has prepared a bonemeal recipe, which attracted 8 species of birds to the feeding table. For more info and to sign up click on this link: https://calendly.com/roofofafricatours/bring-birds-to-your-garden

Video clip of Fork-tailed Drongos on the feeding table this morning. 8 species came in to feed, the camera and tripod was something for the birds to get used and this did change their normal behaviour. Join us next week to learn more on how to attract birds to your garden.

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Why go Birding with Aldo?

Aldo is a qualified Ornithologist with a PhD in Ornithology.

For 54 years, birds and birding have been integral to Aldoโ€™s life, beginning with birdwatching 1967. Post-school, his university training soon focused on birds, leading to research on birds of the Southern Ocean and an MSc from the University of Cape Town, whilst working for the Fitzpatrick Institute on albatrosses at Marion Island.

Whilst his professional career as a bird researcher developed, he continued to develop his birding interests, leading to the first Southern African guide on where to find birds called โ€˜Where to Watch Birds in Southern Africaโ€™ with Ian Sinclair. He ran his birding courses for summer schools at the Universities of Cape Town and Natal, and has given hundreds of popular talks and presentations over the years. He authored a popular book title โ€˜Discovering Birdsโ€™.

Aldo worked for the Sea Fisheries Research Institute from 1981-1988, where he worked on seabirds of the Western Cape, obtaining a Doctorate. In 1988, he moved to the Durban Museum of Natural Science, following which he successfully brought the 22nd International Ornithological Congress to Durban, with more than 1000 international visitors, and with an accompanying popular programme for the broader birding community in Southern Africa. .