Leucistic White-fronted Plover at Cape Point

Margaret Maciver photographed a leucistic White-fronted Plover at Cape Point back in 2008. Here’s her photo and note. I found this leucistic White-fronted Plover at Olifanstbos near the Thomas Tucker wreck in September 2008. It was a very pretty bird, and seemed to be accepted by the other Whitefronted Plovers running around on the beach! [...]

Leucistic starling in the Eastern Cape

Gerrie Horn submitted these photos (originally via ECBirdNet) of a leucistic starling from the Eastern Cape. Any thoughts on what species it is? Thanks Ken & Gertie. David Winter

Leucistic Cape Bulbul in Struisbaai

I posted a note about a leucistic Speckled Mousebird at Grootvadersbosch a while back – you can read about it here. Tjaart Muller thinks he may have seen an albino or leucistic Cape Bulbul at Struisbaai. Tjaart posted the following photos and note on CapeBirdNet today: I am new to the group and took these [...]

Strandfontein birding notes

The miserable weather meant I had Strandfontein to myself on Saturday. The light was very poor, but I did manage to snap a few shots and notch up a list just short of 60 species (detailed below); not a bad tally for the middle of winter. Three African Marsh Harriers were actively calling around P4 [...]