Blue Hill Escape
Accommodation and mountain fynbos reserve
Western Cape, South Africa
The birds of Blue Hill Escape and surrounding area. All photos by Alan Lee
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Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) |
Cape wagtail (Motacilla capensis) |
Cape weaver (Ploceus capensis) male |
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African Harrier-hawk (Polyboroides typus) |
Cape bulbul (Pycnotus capensis) |
Cape eagle owl (Bubo capensis) |
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Brimstone canary (Crithagra sulphuratus) |
Bar-throated apalis (Apalis thoracica) |
Malachite sunbird (Nectarina famosa)
with Protea repens |
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Blue crane (Anthropoides paradiseus) |
Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) |
Verreaux's eagle (Aquila verreauxii) |
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Southern double-collared sunbird (Cinnyrus
chalybeus) |
Common waxbill (Estrilda astrild) |
Grey-winged francolin (Scleroptila africana) |
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Cardinal woodpecker (Dendropicos fruscescens) |
Common fiscal (Lanius collaris) |
Denham's bustard (Neotis denhami) with
powerlines |
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A flock of Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiaca) |
Fulvous and White-faced ducks (Dendrocygna
bicolor / D.viduata) |
Hadeda ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) |
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Karoo prinia (Prinia maculosa) |
Karoo scrub-robin (Cercotrichas coryphoeus) |
Cape weavers |
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Jackal buzzard mobbing a black eagle |
Pied crow mobbing a Jackal buzzard |
Orange-breasted sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea) |
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Ostrich (Struthio camelus) male with
chicks |
Pale-chanting goshawk (Melierax canorus) |
Pied starling (Spreo bicolor) with
lamb |
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Protea seedeater (Crithagra leucopterus) |
Red-winged starling (Onychognathus morio)
female |
Rock kestrel (Falco rupicolis) |
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Cape siskin (Crithagra totta) male |
Orange-breasted sunbird |
South African shelduck (Tadorna cana) |
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Malachite sunbird (Nectarina famosa) |
Malachite sunbird with Honeythorn (Lycium
sp) |
Red-knobbed coot (Fulica cristata) |