Barbet, Crested
Date spotted: March 1980
Place first seen: 14 Glamorgan Rd., Parkwood, Johannesburg, South Africa
Tag: Bird
Photo: The Internets
Category: Fieldguide
Heron, Black-crowned Night
Date spotted: Jan-06
Place first seen: Nature's Valley, South Africa
Tag: Bird
Photo: The Internets
Darter, African
Date spotted: May 2004
Place first seen: Keurboom River, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Tag: Bird
Why do they stand in the sun with their wings splayed? Because their feathers are not waterproof, which enables them to dive deep to spear fish. But then they need to dry their wings in the sun…