What’s your favourite chook species?
Attractive Bushshrike
What’s your title, and the place do you reside?
René Rossouw, I dwell in Nelspruit, South Africa.
What are the primary areas or areas you cowl as a chook information?
North-eastern South Africa together with the Kruger Nationwide Park and the Western Cape
How lengthy have you ever been a chook information?
5 years
How did you get into chook guiding?
From being an avid birder for over 20 years, I slowly began getting all in favour of guiding myself as there was a spot within the trade within the space the place I dwell.
Saddle-billed Stork
What are the elements of being a chook information that you simply like greatest? Which elements do you dislike most?
I like having the ability to present visitors birds that they’ve wished to see and by no means had the chance. I additionally do birding walks for younger kids and it provides me nice satisfaction to see their faces after they see a brand new chook.
I don’t suppose there’s something I dislike about it.
What are the highest 5-10 birds in your area that you simply suppose are probably the most attention-grabbing for visiting birders?
Hamerkop, Martial Eagle, Southern Floor Hornbill, Saddle-billed Stork, Pel’s Fishing Owl, Secretarybird, African Fish Eagle, Lilac-breasted Curler and Lappet-faced Vulture
Lilac-breasted Curler
Are you able to define no less than one typical birdwatching journey in your space? Please briefly describe the areas, the important thing birds, and the approximate period of such a visit
Our 16-day birding tour provides a unprecedented birding expertise in among the most enjoyable birding locations of the japanese elements of South Africa, together with the Kruger Nationwide Park, Wakkerstroom, the forests of Magoebaskloof and northern Kwazulu-Natal, in addition to some smaller gems like Zaagkuildrift and Mount Sheba. Anticipate to see a lot of South Africa’s endemic and particular species, and a complete journey checklist nicely in extra of 400 species!
Kruger Nationwide Park – One of many planet’s high wildlife parks
Magoebaskloof – Gorgeous forest magnificence and particular birds
Wakkerstroom – Grassland and wetland birding, with many specials
Mkuze – Very particular park with the Massive 5 and over 500 chook species
St Lucia – A wetland wonderworld the place the ocean and land meet spectacularly
Mtunzini – Lovely coastal village with unbelievable wildlife-rich forests
High Birds:
• Martial Eagle
• Tawny and African Fish Eagle
• White-bellied Bustard
• Southern Bald Ibis
• Rudd’s, Brief-clawed and Botha’s Lark
• Yellow-breasted Pipit
• African Rock Pipit
• Cape and Brown-headed Parrot
• Knysna and Purple-crested Turaco
• Noticed and Orange Floor Thrush
• Attractive Bushshrike
• Black-fronted and Olive Bushshrike
• Narina Trogon
Southern Floor Hornbill
What different strategies are you able to give to birders all in favour of your space?
Summer time in South Africa is the very best time to chook, as all of the migrants are within the nation. Keep in mind to carry a sunhat and raincoat as it’s also the wet season in some elements of the nation. We have now some nice info on our web site on all of the nations we provide journeys to, with journey reviews, footage, and data concerning the vacation spot and what to anticipate.
If any reader of 10,000 Birds is all in favour of birding with you, how can they greatest contact you?
René Rossouw, Nature Journey Birding
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