#south african birds

[witchstone]

long-crested eagle (lophaetus occipitalis) from saturday! we watched him swoop off the post and disappear into the long grass on the side of the road, only to return empy-clawed a few seconds later

#on birds #long-crested eagle #the best thing about seeing these semi regularly is when the wind is blowing the wrong way and the crest is down in their face #accipitriformes #lophaetus #eagles #bird of prey #raptors #accipitridae #south africa #south african birds #birds #ornithology #m #diary #sorry slowly going to post updates from the saturday trip

[lost-lycaon]

The young penguins of South Africa shed their down, preparing for the struggle to come. Since their habitat was destroyed by mining, eggs are laid on sand instead of burrows, and the exposure to the elements kills many eggs before they hatch. Parents are forced to venture many more kilometers out to sea to find fish, as trawlers empty the ocean for distant tables. Regulations limiting fish harvests is desperately needed, not only for sea birds but for people who traditionally make their living fishing off the coast. In international waters, trawlers have total freedom, which can collapse fisheries. Alternatively, reducing ocean fish in your diet can counter this problem.

#south africa #africa #original photography on tumblr #wildlife photography #african birds #african penguin #penguin #ocean life #ocean conservation

[arthistoryanimalia]

#FlamingoFriday: South Africa has 2 native flamingo species, the Greater Flamingo & Lesser Flamingo; both appear in works by South African expressionist artist Maggie Laubser (1886-1973):

1. Flamingos on the beach, n.d.

2. Flaminke en seilbootjie, 1932

3. Uitsig met boot en flaminke, n.d.

4. Landscape with houses, figure, boats and birds, n.d.

(all works oil on board, likely c.1930s)

#Maggie Laubser #South African art #expressionism #painting #oil painting #animals in art #20th century art #birds in art #bird #birds #flamingo #flamingos #Greater Flamingo #Lesser Flamingo #Flamingo Friday #women artists #1930s

[the-cricket-chirps]

Maggie Laubser

Flamingos on the Beach

#maggie laubser #fauvism #fauvist #les fauves #south african artist #woman artist #women artists #woman painter #women painters #pink flamingos #flamingo #birds #beautiful birds #birds in art #bird art #nature #wildlife #modern art #art history #aesthetictumblr #tumblraesthetic #tumblrpic #tumblrpictures #tumblr art #aesthetic #beauty

[thepastisalreadywritten]

🐧🥚🎁

#Endangered African penguin #African penguin #penguin #seabird #adoption #donation #incubation #Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) #penguin egg #Adopt A Penguin Egg #Cape Town #South Africa #conservation #rehabilitation #Easter Campaign #Happy Easter #Easter Sunday

[doubtsandloves]

Kirsty May Hall (South African) - Happy Birds

#art #painting #birds in art #Kirsty May Hall #South African #contemporary art

[snototter]

An African rail (Rallus caerulescens) in Marievale Nature Reserve, South Africa

by Derek Keats

#african rail #rails #waterfowl #birds #Rallus caerulescens #rallus #rallidae #gruiformes #aves #chordata #wildlife: south africa #wildlife: africa

[geritsel]

Errol Stephen Boyley - Birds

#south african art #birds in art

[mothmiso]

South Afrika 2005 (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) by Achim

Via Flickr:

(2) A Sunland Baobab tree on Sunland Farm (Platland Farm), near Modjadjiskloof (previously known as Duiwelskloof), Limpopo Province. In one study the tree was carbon-dated and found to be an estimated 1,060 years old, plus or minus 75 years. Results of other studies have however suggested much higher ages (up to 6,000 years). The tree blooms profusely in spring and provides a refuge to two pairs of owls, and other bird species. One third of the Boabab tree collapsed in August 2016. (3) Hadada Ibis, Dullstrom. (4) Moonrise in Klein Bolayi near Messina. (5) Amethyst Sunbird in Warmbath. (6) Blyde River and the Drakensberg / Drakensberge, Limpopo Province.     

#african wild dogs #complicated tree #birds #ibis #moon #evening sky #cacti #amethyst sunbird #rivers #mountains #south africa #limpopo

[athena411-blog]

A very different book about the gangs and clubs of Los Angeles before the birth of the notorious Crips and Blood sets. Features information on African-American, Latino, Asian-American, and racially diverse clubs/gangs in South Los Angeles and adjacent areas. 

#gangs #Crips #south los angeles #south central Los Angeles #lowriders #car clubs #cholos #Slausons #Bird from Slauson #Kumasi from Slausons #Gladiators #Slauson Village #Florence District #Fremont High School #Slauson Reunion #books about gangs #Black history #gang history #Los Angeles gangs #African-American gangs #Asian gangs #Chicano gangs #Japanese-American gangs #before Crips #Los Angeles history #South Los Angeles history #vatos

[witchstone]

top bird photographs of 2023. i didn't necessarily choose the best photos that i've taken, but rather the ones that i like the best. 2024 is the year i'm going to start heading out further and further and finding new habitats - most of what's surrounding and near to me is forest and broad-leafed woodland and, well, it shows. more wetlands, more deserts, more ocean, more grasslands

from left to right: african harrier-hawk, collared sunbird, juvenile burchell's coucal, mocking cliff-chat, white-fronted plover, golden-rumped tinkerbarbet, amethyst sunbird, scaly-throated honeyguide, diederick cuckoo, african oystercatcher, groundscraper thrush, cape batis, black-headed heron and tawny-flanked prinia

photos taken with my canon powershot sx530 hs

#i think the golden-rumped tinkerbarbet might just be my favourite photo of them all. sweet little creature #on birds #birds #south africa #south african birds #aves #m #fieldnotes #bird photography

[lost-lycaon]

Crested Francolin, Waterberg, South Africa

#south africa #africa #original photography on tumblr #wildlife photography #waterberg #african birds

[arthistoryanimalia]

Walter Whall Battiss (South African, 1906-1982) Guinea Fowl, n.d. oil on board, 21 x 29.2cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/2 in)

#animals in art #20th century art #bird #birds #birds in art #Guinea fowl #Walter Whall Battiss #South African art #modern art #trio #painting #oil paniting

[neofelis----nebulosa]

how i sleep knowing that ive photographed a species the photo ark guy hasnt

#the species in question is the African darter #if you dont know them theyre a lot like anhinga birds if you know those #theyre close relatives #if you dont know anhinga birds theyre like cormorants but with a more heron like beak #he has one less place to photograph one unfortunately seeing that the one at the san diego zoo (where i photographed it) is now dead #i believe theres a place in south africa that still has them

[yangularoo]

Cape Parrot //

Redbubble

#parrots #birds #cape parrot #south african cape parrot #animalia

[leliesblou]

Any South(ern) Africans on here have suggestions for a good bird watching app/website? Not a guide or an app that tries to identify birds (I have a proper bird book). Ideally something where people can publically report sightings in their area, upload photos etc (not just an app for creating personal checklists, if that makes sense)

Thanks in advance!

#There's a bird I don't know in my area #and i haven't been able to figure out what it is in the nearly five years I've been here #i'm not a serious bird watcher at all haha #i just like knowing the names of the birds I see day to day #the only southern african birdwatching website i know of is the sabap2 atlassing project #but that's not really helpful in this context #south africa #bird watching #southern africa