Hello - My wife and I are booked on a general tour of Southern Africa for this fall - spring down there. We've never been to Africa so almost any bird we see will be a lifer. As the tour is not a birding tour as such, I will be "on my own" as to what I see. I have gotten Newman's guide to study in preparation for the trip & I have found comprehensive bird lists for South Africa and Botswana. But I've been unable to find out which birds are the common species at that time of year and therefore I'm most likely to see. Something like the charts in the ABA regional guides would be ideal - with the "Hard-to-miss, Should see, May see, Lucky" designations . But I'd be satisfied with just a list of the common birds of the cities, forests and savannahs. We'll be in the Cape Town, Durban, Swaziland, Kruger, Johannesburg, Victoria Falls and Northern Botswana.
Also, I'll have a "free day" while in Johannesburg and I'd like to find a local birder who would take me out to see the birds in that area.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Also, I'll have a "free day" while in Johannesburg and I'd like to find a local birder who would take me out to see the birds in that area.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.