What’s your favourite chook species?
Beautiful Bushshrike
What’s your title, and the place do you reside?
René Rossouw, I dwell in Nelspruit, South Africa.
What are the principle 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 fascinated about guiding myself as there was a spot within the trade within the space the place I dwell.
Saddle-billed Stork
What are the points of being a chook information that you simply like greatest? Which points do you dislike most?
I like with the ability to present friends birds that they’ve wished to see and by no means had the chance. I additionally do birding walks for younger kids and it offers me nice satisfaction to see their faces once they see a brand new chook.
I don’t assume there may be something I dislike about it.
What are the highest 5-10 birds in your area that you simply assume are probably the most fascinating 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 at the least 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 presents a unprecedented birding expertise in a few of the most fun birding locations of the jap 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 lots of South Africa’s endemic and particular species, and a complete journey checklist properly 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 Large 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
Prime Birds:
• Martial Eagle
• Tawny and African Fish Eagle
• White-bellied Bustard
• Southern Bald Ibis
• Rudd’s, Quick-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
• Beautiful Bushshrike
• Black-fronted and Olive Bushshrike
• Narina Trogon
Southern Floor Hornbill
What different options are you able to give to birders fascinated about your space?
Summer time in South Africa is the perfect time to chook, as all of the migrants are within the nation. Bear in mind to convey a sunhat and raincoat as additionally it is the wet season in some elements of the nation. We’ve some nice info on our web site on all of the international locations we provide journeys to, with journey reviews, photos, and data in regards to the vacation spot and what to anticipate.
If any reader of 10,000 Birds is fascinated about birding with you, how can they greatest contact you?
René Rossouw, Nature Journey Birding
data@naturetravelbirding.com
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