I have been asked a few times now if the participants of the previous quiz (2020) are automatically added to the new quiz? The answer is no, as I have deleted the old list a while ago. So, if you would like to get the quiz question then please send me a WharsApp (+27633294323) and I will add you 🐦
I will start a new bird quiz.
On occasion I will post a bird picture for the quiz participants to ID.
If you would like to participate then please send me a short WhatsApp message (+27633294323) and I will add you to the distribution list for the quiz.
Have fun!
Please note: These pictures will not be posted on Instagram/Facebook/MyBlog
Since the beginning of this month I am offering a bird quiz with three birds to be identified each day 🐦
Participants receive a daily WhatsApp message with the bird pictures and can send me their IDs if they like 🐦
On the next day after the post I send the answers 🐦
The current participants seem to enjoy this very much, so I thought I send another invitation to all my followers on social media 🐦
Just send me a WhatsApp message to +27633294323 in case you would like to be included 🐦
PS: This morning’s bird was a Cape Starling
One of my favorite pictures of one of my favorite birds – a Malachite Kingfisher – as a special Christmas treat.
Enjoy the day wherever you are!
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I am currently sorting through hundreds of my bird pictures which I took since 2002. Most of them I was able to ID positively.
But there are quite a few for which I either cannot find an ID at all or which I am not able to give a clear ID (multiple options).
If you would like to try to ID some of them for me then have a look at my bird ID page. I have uploaded the first 26 images, more to come soon 🙂
Click here to view the page https://sperka.info/id/
Thanks for the help from all the birders!
During our last power failure – which lasted about 6 hours – I decided to leave my hot office and spend a few hours at the kuMasinga Hide and at Nsumo Pan on Mkhuze Game Reserve.
In the three hours I sat at the two hides I took mainly bird pictures. I thought I create a little bird quiz from these images.
Can you identify all 11 species?
Have fun and a good week!
I worked on my image library and came across two of my favorites 🙂
I hope you enjoy them, too!
After yesterday’s post about a Malachite Kingfisher on Thanda a few people have asked me about the various South African Kingfishers. So, here is a short post about them:
There are ten Kingfisher species in South Africa. Five are aquatic species and five are considered woodland Kingfishers. Up til now I took pictures of eight of these ten species. I am still missing the Half-collared Kingfisher and the Grey-headed Kingfisher.
Four of them (Woodland Kingfisher, Striped Kingfisher, Brown-hooded Kingfisher and African Pygmy Kingfisher) are regularly seen on Thanda Safari Private Game Reserve and I had one – rare – sighting of a Malachite Kingfisher. Giant Kingfishers, Mangrove Kingfishers and Pied Kingfishers are aquatic species and are therefore not resident on Thanda.
Enjoy the pictures!
One of my favorite bird images – a Cape Glossy Starling!
Yesterday evening I took these pictures of a strange-looking bird. I am not certain, but I think it is a amelanistic form of a Dark-capped Bulbul. Any other thoughts? Thanks in advance for the input.
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