Birds have always had the ability to bring me out of a dark space and provide relief in bad times.
Jason Ward
I just love sitting in my upstairs lounge with my first cup of coffee in the morning and watch the various species of birds come and feed on the bird seed and fruit I leave out for them. Their continuous chatter is music to my ears. In ten minutes I can easily list 12-14 species. I’ve classified “my garden” as everything that I have seen in my own garden, as well as all birds that have flown within visual range of my balcony. That total is currently at 97 species.
The birds that I have seen from my garden are –
Wild Birds
White-breasted Cormorant
Reed Cormorant
Hadeda

African Sacred Ibis

Glossy Ibis

Grey Heron
Black-headed heron

Western Cattle Egret

White Stork
Hamerkop
Egyptian Goose

African Black Duck

Verreaux’s Eagle

Black-chested Snake Eagle

Yellow-billed Kite

European Honey Buzzard
Common Buzzard

Black-winged Kite

Gabar Goshawk

Black Sparrowhawk

Ovambo Sparrowhawk

African Harrier-Hawk

Peregrine Falcon
Lanner Falcon

Helmeted Guineafowl

Spotted thick-knee
Blacksmith Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

African Wattled Lapwing

African Olive Pigeon

Speckled pigeon

Rock Dove

Cape Turtle Dove

Red-eye dove

Laughing dove

African Green Pigeon

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Grey Go-away-bird

Red-chested Cuckoo
Diederic Cuckoo
Burchell’s Coucal

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Little Swift
White-rumped Swift

African Palm Swift

Speckled Mousebird

Red-faced Mousebird

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

European Bee-eater

African Hoopoo

Green Wood-Hoopoo

Crested Barbet

Black-collared Barbet

Brown-backed Honeybird

Greater Honeyguide

Lesser Honeyguide

Red-throated Wryneck

Barn swallow

White-throated Swallow

Greater striped swallow

Brown-throated Martin

Pied Crow

Dark-capped Bulbul

Karoo Thrush

Cape Robin-chat

Tawney-flanked Prinia

Fiscal Flycatcher

Cape White-eye

Cape wagtail
Southern Common Fiscal

Black-backed Puffback

Southern Boubou

Cape Glossy Starling

Red-winged starling

Common Myna

Amethyst Sunbird

White-bellied sunbird

Cape Sparrow

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow

House Sparrow

Thick-billed Weaver

Southern Masked Weaver

Red-billed Quelea

Southern Red Bishop

Pin-tailed Whydah

Purple Indigo Bird

Bronze Mannikin

Red-headed Finch

Cut-throat Finch
Common Blue Waxbill

Streaky-headed Seed-eater

Black-Throated Canary

Escapees
Budgie

African Grey Parrot

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