African Darter
African Jacana
The male and female mate, the female lays eggs, and then leaves, off to mate with another male. The male sits on the eggs and then looks after the chicks until they are old enough to look after themselves. When there is danger or it's cold, the chicks crawl up into the dad's feathers, and he can walk and even swim with them tucked up against his body! You can see the "extra" legs at the front of his body.
The male and female mate, the female lays eggs, and then leaves, off to mate with another male. The male sits on the eggs and then looks after the chicks until they are old enough to look after themselves. When there is danger or it's cold, the chicks crawl up into the dad's feathers, and he can walk and even swim with them tucked up against his body! You can see the "extra" legs at the front of his body.
African Sacred Ibis
African Spoonbill
black-winged kite
blue-tailed bee eater
Cape Bulbuls
Cornorants
Neotropic Cornoramt
Neotropic Cornoramt
Reed Cormorant
Eagles
Bateleur Eagles
Bateleur Eagles
Fish Eagles
Short-toed Snake Eagle
Egyptian Geese
Fork-tailed Drongo
Great Egret
Grey Go-away Bird
Grey Heron
Grey-headed Gull
Guinea fowl
Hammerkop
Hornbills (like Zazu from the Lion King!
Southern yellow-billed Hornbill
Southern Red-billed Hornbill
Kingfishers
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Kori Busturd - the largest flying bird native to Africa
Lapwings
Blacksmith Lapwing
Long-Toed Lapwings
The parents of this species assume equal responsibility for raising the chicks, and the chicks can hide inside their feathers. (See the extra legs in the second photo!)
The parents of this species assume equal responsibility for raising the chicks, and the chicks can hide inside their feathers. (See the extra legs in the second photo!)
White-crowned Lapwing
Lilac-breasted roller
Ostrich
Pale Chanting Goshawk
Pelicans
Great White Pelicans
Great White Pelicans
Red-billed Oxpecker
Skimmers
Black Skimmers
Black Skimmers
Southern double-collared Sunbird
Squacco Heron
Starlings
Burchell's Starling
Cape Starlings
Storks
Maribou Stork
Maribou Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Yellow billed stork
yellow-billed stork
yellow-billed stork juvenile
Swainson's Spurfowl
Swamphens
Vultures
White-backed vulture
Turkey Vulture
Water Thick-knee
White-faced whistling ducks
