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Very nice. Favorite by far is the woodland kingfisher and nightjar! Blue crane was odd choice… and the hadeda, but it is quite unique so understand that one.. Natal spurfowl/crested francolin would have been my choice rather than the blue crane. Some honourable mentions that are also iconic - kwevoel, diederik, Coucal, yellow billed hornbill, emeral spotted dove and southern boubou

Very good. Why were the names of birds changed? Many names we grew up with from the 1950's were changed but some very clever people forcing us to buy new bird books. Basically unacceptable. Cape Turtle dove stays Cape Turtle dove and was a unique name and recognisable call. Now a bland Ring neck dove!

Laughing Dove.

Well done

Baie dankie. Dit was nou regtig baie interessant!

Go-away-bird called kwêvoël in Afrikaans, also named after its call. Also Piet-my-vrou.

Awesome Thank You!!!❤❤❤❤😊

Great selection. Would have loved the Black-collared Barbet, Coucal and, maybe, Hamerkop included.

Okay, what of the Rain Bird which to my mind is the most iconic, so glad that you never listed the Egyptian Goose. 😄

One of my favorites ,,ahhhh you filmed him or her so well so close.thank you .

Dankie vir die inligting. Dis so interessant

Adore those birds, they are beautiful, stately and unlike many people, i love their wild cry. Your birdbath make a good swimming pool!

Enjoyed the sounds...my fav were the fish eagles and the owl ....

Baie mooi! Bokmakierie is die beste.

Loved it thank yo for sharing God Bless 🤩🤩😍😍

Beautiful bird. I’d also sound mournful when confronted with a spider 😊. Perhaps, if the bushshrike were to change its culinary preference - say to berries - it would sound more joyful? 🫢 (yes, I do know that is silly)

You have stopped reporting the location of your sightings. I used to find that interesting.

Is there an app which will listen to and identify bird calls?

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It sounds like - Elephant Park/Coombs

No ways a barbet is iconic

Great Choice. When I was in high school, I went on a guided walk through Kruger. I heard a bird that sounded like the pouring of liquid. The guide said it was a Black headed Oriole, and despite me searching and searching, I have not heard it again for any Oriole recording. To this day it perplexes and enchants me and i continue to seek it out. It sounded like pouring oil, with a tune. It was gorgeous. like a duluduluduludu descending but very liquid. Ai tog. :)

Wonderful sounds of beautiful birds. My favourite night sounds is definitely the fiery necked nightjar but also African Scops Owl and Pearl Spotted Owlet

Stunning. Thank you so much

Lovely !

Thank you Lynette - so enjoyed (except maybe for those d..... hadedas who get me at 5 a.m.! ) How about a Spookvoel?

What's the sound of the bird of cuckoos's background?

Fantastic sighting of Red chested cuckoo

Hi there. Any idea why the Cape Turtle Dove name is no longer what we call that bird?

Great bird calls!

Very informative!

Only now relaised the Bokmakierie is saying his own name. I will remember it going forward...

Even if the sound is not necessarily familiar, the thorn bush framed by blue sky certainly is. Thank you

😁🇿🇦💕 wow such a cool video they are so beautiful.great idea

Thank you - what a wonderful visit to my beloved Africa. The familiar sounds of Piet me vrou, the delightful squabbles of the guineafowl, and the somehow antediluvian sounds of the majestic hadeda. Lovely trip down memory lane

Wonderful collection of bird sounds

Love this.. Thank you...

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At Cape Point, where there are quite a number of ostriches, kantling (thank you for the new term) can sometimes be seen. One is hard put not to translate the copulation behaviour into human terms and find the “disinterested” female behaviour faintly amusing compared to the enthrallment the male is displaying. Anthropomorphic, of course. Thank you, I find your videos very interesting and informative.

The colony at Boulders Beach used to be quite a large one. Since protective steps were taken some years ago to separate them from an intrusive public, they ought to have flourished, yet the number of birds seemed smaller to me on a visit a few years ago. I’m sorry to hear they are on the endangered list.

I can always see where the thrushes have been busy in my garden - leaf mulch tossed onto the path and little scrapes in the soil

Lovely to hear the sounds of Africa again

❤ olive thrush have lovely characters , i ofern see robins foraging , that fiery one is ver pretty too.

Would you know if the clicking sounds they make mean they are angry? Trying to find out as that's what someone told me, but I have my doubts

They are beautiful! Maaaar hulle vreet my agapanthusse op vreet my rissies op het nie raad met hulle nie. 😢

Thank you - you make a birdwatcher out of me yet! Very interesting tidbits of information 😊

So beautiful ❤