Have you lost your pigeon?

Unusual species seen at Ngweshla!!

 It is not everyday that a Ferrari shows up amongst a car park full of land-cruisers but it did yesterday at a pan called Ngweshla in Hwange National Park. Cher McAdam spotted this rare beauty, obviously a racer, deep in Hwange on Sunday. She says that the Blacksmith Lapwings did not know what to make of this unusual sight!


                                               HAVE YOU LOST YOUR PIGEON?

                                                              The Hwange Birder

New images of the Yellow Crimson-breasted Shrike

Still in Main Camp!!

After a week or so without any further sightings we saw the two yellow Crimson-breasted shrikes again and i managed a slightly better shot.

Enjoy!

The Hwange Birder

Yellow form of the Crimson-Breasted Shrike!!!

HOT OFF THE PRESS!!!!!!!

Yesterday i heard a rumour that the very rare (like hen's teeth) yellow form of the Crimson-breasted Shrike was seen at Hwange Main camp. Now this is a bird we have all seen illustrated in the field guides but about the same number of people have seen it as saw the "third gunman on the grassy knoll!"

What makes it so special is it is a bright yellow version of a bright red bird!!
As a safari guide in Hwange years ago i imagined one day seeing one with clients and being asked "what bird is that?"...the clients would have thought i was colour blind when i would have said "why that is a Crimson-breasted shrike".

Well today my dream came true....i was sitting here in the office when my phone rang and a fellow birder, Jean Blake, said ...Brent! guess what i have here.......

They call it twitching because of the uncontrollable shakes one gets when he sees a bird of this calibre......

Interestingly there are actually two yellow individuals, one an adult and one a juvenile being fed by parents of two different colours!

Get yourselves to Hwange and see them for yourself

The Hwange Birder