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The Cape Bird Club
Counts – Strandfontein
– November 2002

photograph by Jeremy Keyser
Vlei Rat
| Wind |
strong SE |
| Weather |
fine |
| Leader |
Dick Barnes |
|
Species
|
Presence
|
Species
|
Presence
|
|
GREBES
|
– |
COUCALS |
– |
| Great
Crested |
12 |
Burchell's Coucal |
– |
| Blacknecked |
221 |
OWLS |
– |
| Dabchick |
184 |
Spotted Eagle Owl |
– |
| PELICANS |
– |
SWIFTS |
– |
| White Pelican |
1 |
Black Swift |
– |
| CORMORANTS |
– |
Whiterumped Swift |
– |
| Whitebreasted
Cormorant |
108 |
Little Swift |
– |
| Cape Cormorant |
112 |
Alpine Swift |
– |
| Reed Cormorant |
29 |
MOUSEBIRDS |
– |
| DARTERS |
– |
Speckled
Mousebird |
1 |
| Darter |
– |
Redfaced |
– |
| HERONS,
EGRETS AND BITTERNS |
– |
KINGFISHERS |
– |
| Grey Heron |
27 |
Pied Kingfisher |
7 |
| Blackheaded Heron |
3 |
Giant Kingfisher |
– |
| Purple Heron |
3 |
Malachite Kingfisher |
– |
| Blackcrowned Night
Heron |
6 |
BARBETS |
– |
| Little Egret |
5 |
Acacia Pied Barbet |
– |
| Yellow billed Egret |
– |
LARKS
AND FINCHLARKS |
– |
| Cattle Egret |
37 |
Redcapped Lark |
– |
| Little Bittern |
– |
SWALLOWS
AND MARTINS |
– |
| IBIS
AND SPOONBILLS |
– |
European Swallow |
5 |
| Sacred Ibis |
133 |
Whitethroated
Swallow |
21 |
| Glossy Ibis |
30 |
Greater Striped
Swallow |
– |
| Hadeda Ibis |
15 |
Pearlbreasted
Swallow |
– |
| African Spoonbill |
– |
Black Sawwing |
– |
| FLAMINGOES |
– |
Rock Martin |
– |
| Greater Flamingo |
2862 |
Brownthroated Martin |
41 |
| Lesser Flamingo |
– |
CROWS
AND RAVENS |
– |
| DUCKS
AND GEESE |
– |
Pied Crow |
7 |
| Spurwinged Goose |
– |
Whitenecked Raven |
– |
| Egyptian Goose |
71 |
BULBULS |
– |
| Shelduck |
11 |
Cape Bulbul |
10 |
| Yellowbilled Duck |
86 +
chicks |
THRUSHES,
CHATS, ALETHES, ROBINS AND ROCKJUMPERS |
– |
| Hotentot Teal |
– |
Olive Thrush |
– |
| Red-billed Teal |
76 |
Cape Robin Chat |
2 |
| Cape Teal |
1804 |
Karoo Robin |
– |
| Cape Shoveller |
1253 |
TITBABBLERS,
WARBLERS, APALISES, CROMBECS, CISTICOLAS AND PRINIAS |
– |
| Southern Pochard |
275 |
Cape Reed Warbler |
9 |
| Whitefaced Duck |
– |
African Sedge
Warbler |
7 |
| Whitebacked Duck |
– |
African
Marsh Warbler |
– |
| Maccoa |
78 |
Grassbird |
– |
| KITES |
– |
Fantailed
Cisticola |
– |
| Black Shouldered
Kite |
1 |
Levaillant's
Cisticola |
27 |
| Yellowbilled Kite |
– |
Greybacked
Cisticola |
– |
| EAGLES |
– |
Karro Prinia |
15 |
| African Fish Eagle |
– |
WAGTAILS,
PIPITS AND LONGCLAWS |
– |
| BUZZARDS |
– |
Cape
Wagtail |
29 |
| Black Eagles |
– |
Grassveld Pipit |
– |
| GOSHAWKS
AND SPARROWHAWKS |
– |
Orangethroated
Longclaw |
2 |
| Redbreasted
Sparrowhawk |
– |
SHRIKES |
– |
| Black Sparrowhawk |
– |
Fiscal Shrike |
1 |
| African Goshawk |
– |
Southern
Boubou |
– |
| HARRIERS |
– |
Bokmakierie |
1 |
| African Marsh
Harrier |
3 |
STARLINGS |
– |
| FALCONS
AND KESTRELS |
– |
Commom Starling |
37 |
| Peregrine Falcon |
– |
Redwing
Starling |
3 |
| Lanner Falcon |
– |
SUGARBIRDS
AND SUNBIRDS |
– |
| Rock Kestrel |
– |
Malachite |
– |
| FRANCOLIN
AND QUAIL |
– |
Lesser
Doublecollared Sunbird |
1 |
| Cape Francolin |
7 |
WHITE
EYES |
– |
| GUINEAFOWL |
– |
Cape White Eye |
2 |
| Helmeted
Guineafowl |
34 |
SPARROWS,
WEAVERS, BISHOPS AND WIDOWS |
– |
| RAIL,
CRAKES, FLUFFTAILS, GALLINULES, MOORHENS AND COOTS |
– |
House Sparrow |
1 |
| Black
Crake |
– |
Cape
Sparrow |
4 |
| African
Purple Swamp hen |
3 |
Cape
Weaver |
3 |
| Moorhen |
26 |
Southern
Masked Weaver |
– |
| Redknobbed
Coot |
114 +
chicks |
Red
Bishop |
– |
| Black
Oystercatcher |
6 |
Yellowrumped
Widow |
– |
| PLOVERS |
– |
WAXBILLS |
– |
| Threebanded
Plover |
– |
Common
Waxbill |
6 |
| Whitefronted |
– |
Pintailed Whydah |
– |
| Kittlitz's |
3 |
CANARIES,
SISKINS, FINCHES AND BUNTINGS |
– |
| Blacksmith
Lapwing |
52 |
Cape Canary |
4 |
| Ringed
Plover |
– |
Bully Canary |
2 |
| Crowned
Plover |
– |
OTHER |
– |
| Rednecked
Phalarope |
– |
Pintailed
Whydah |
1 |
| SNIPES,
GODWITS, SANDPIPERS, STINTS, CURLEWS AND PHALAROPES, RUFF, STINT |
– |
Ostrich |
5 |
| Common
Sandpiper |
– |
total species |
78 |
| Wood |
– |
– |
– |
| Marsh
Sandpiper |
1 |
– |
– |
| Curlew |
– |
– |
– |
| Greenshank |
1 |
– |
– |
| Little
Stint |
– |
– |
– |
| Ruff |
– |
– |
– |
| African Snipe |
– |
– |
– |
| AVOCETS
AND STILTS |
– |
– |
– |
| Blackwinged Stilt |
127 |
– |
– |
| Pied Avocet |
62 |
– |
– |
| DIKKOPS |
– |
– |
– |
| Spotted Thickknees |
1 |
– |
– |
| Water
Thickknees |
– |
– |
– |
| SKUAS,
GULLS AND TERNS |
– |
– |
– |
| Kelp Gull |
1481 |
– |
– |
| Greyheaded Gull |
2 |
– |
– |
| Hartlaubs Gull |
944 |
– |
– |
| Caspian Tern |
– |
– |
– |
| Swift Tern |
46 |
– |
– |
| Sandwich Tern |
295 |
– |
– |
| Common Tern |
– |
– |
– |
| Whitewinged |
1 |
– |
– |
| PIGEONS
AND DOVES |
– |
– |
– |
| Feral Pigeon |
– |
– |
– |
| Rock Pigeon |
9 |
– |
– |
| Redeyed Dove |
3 |
– |
– |
| Cape Turtle Dove |
7 |
– |
– |
| Laughing Dove |
1 |
– |
– |
| CUCKOOS |
– |
– |
– |
| Klaas's Cuckoo |
– |
– |
– |
| Diederik
Cuckoo |
– |
– |
– |
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