10 January 2012
African penguins
Posted by Callan Bentley
African penguins (formerly “jackass penguins”) at Boulders Beach, Simon’s Town, South Africa:
10 January 2012
Posted by Callan Bentley
African penguins (formerly “jackass penguins”) at Boulders Beach, Simon’s Town, South Africa:
[…] African penguin Cape gannet Bunch of gulls (didn’t bother differentiating them) Bunch of terns (didn’t bother differentiating them) Cape cormorant Reed cormorant White-breasted cormorant Cattle egret Little egret Grey heron Saddle-billed stork Marabou stork White stork Woolly-necked stork Hammerkop Greater flamingo African spoonbill African sacred ibis Hadeda ibis Glossy ibis Egyptian goose Some ducks (didn’t bother differentiating them) Common moorhen Blacksmith lapwing Crowned lapwing African black oystercatcher Water thick-knee Red-crested korhaan Kori bustard Blue crane Cape spurfowl Swainson’s spurfowl Helmeted guineafowl Common ostrich White-backed vulture Yellow-billed kite Bateleur Black-chested snake-eagle Brown snake-eagle Wahlberg’s eagle Tawny eagle African fish-eagle Jackal buzzard African harrier-hawk Rock kestrel Mourning collared dove Red-eyed dove Cape turtle-dove Laughing dove African green-pigeon Speckled pigeon Common pigeon African olive-pigeon Grey go-away-bird Burchell’s coucal African scops owl Verraux’s eagle-owl Some kind of nightjar A bunch of swallows (didn’t bother differentiating them) A bunch of swifts (didn’t bother differentiating them) Speckled mousebird White-backed mousebird Red-faced mousebird Some kind of bee-eater Pied kingfisher Woodland kingfisher Lilac-breasted roller Green wood-hoopoe African hoopoe Southern yellow-billed hornbill Southern red-billed hornbill African grey hornbill Southern ground hornbill Black-collared barbet Crested barbet Ground woodpecker Cape wagtail Fork-tailed drongo Pied crow Cape crow White-necked raven Black-headed oriole Cape bulbul Dark-capped bulbul Arrow-marked babbler Olive thrush Karoo thrush Mocking cliff-chat Cape grassbird Karoo prinia Cape batis African paradise-flycatcher Magpie shrike Red-backed shrike Common fiscal Southern boubou Olive bush-shrike Bokmakierie Wattled starling Red-winged starling Common mynah Burchell’s starling Cape sugarbird Red-billed oxpecker Orange-breasted sunbird Cape white-eye Red-billed buffalo weaver Cape sparrow Southern masked-weaver Southern red bishop Yellow bishop Blue waxbill Long-tailed paradise-wydah Cape bunting […]
Caption for the last photo-
“If I had binocular vision, I’d punch you right in the pixel.”
That looks like an angry bird.
-Enjoying your travelogue.
Actually that look means: ‘Are you food? Can I eat you?’
[…] us there! And thanks doubly to Jackie for putting up yet again with the tourists wanting to see the penguins in Simon’s Town. That’s where we went next (note all the granite under those […]