SOUTH AFRICA 2006 Photo Gallery by Ulf Ståhle at pbase.com

SOUTH AFRICA 2006

A 10 days combined birding-businesstrip to Capetown and Western Cape region november-december 2006 where we started with a pelagic trip from Simonstown heading south to search for trawlers. We also visited West Coast National Park, Rooi Els, Hermanus, Parl and Stellenbosch.

Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus	Helmeted Guineafowl Hjälmpärlhöna Numida meleagris	Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash	African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini	Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis
Cape Rock-Thrush Monticola rupestris	Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild	Capetown and Robben Island, view from Table Mountain	Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus	Strandfontein
Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus	Red-billed Teal Anas erythroryncha	Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus	Karoo Prinia Prinia maculosa	Pin-tailed Whydah Videa macroura
Pearl-breasted Swallow		Paarl sewage lagoons	Chaffinch (Bofink) Fringilla coelebs	Agapanthus
Kirstenbosch	King Protea	Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolis	Common Ostrich (Struts) Struthio camelus
	Eared Grebe (Svarthalsad dopping) Podiceps nigricollis		Crested Coot (Kamsothöna)	Cape Shoveler
	Future chardonnay?	Sunset in Kommetjie	Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis	Southern Black Korhaan Eupodotis afra
Little Egret (Silkeshäger) Egretta garzetta	Greater Flamingo (Större flamingo) Phoenicopterus ruber	Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata	Cape Rockjumper, female Chaetops frenatus	Cape Rockjumper, female Chaetops frenatus
Cape peninsula	Black Harrier Circus maurus	Black Eagle Aquila verreauxii chased by White-necked Ravens Corvus albicollis	African Black Duck	Table Mountain view
Hout Bay	Hout Bay	Cape Sugarbird Promerops cafer	Cape Sugarbird Promerops cafer	Cape Sugarbird Promerops cafer
Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer	Cape Bulbul Pycnonotus capensis	Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax	African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
Trawler at the continental shelf south of Capetown	Long-liner	Cape Gannets (Kapsulor) Morus capensis	Great Shearwater (Större lira) Puffinus gravis and White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis	Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta
Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta	Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta	Black-browed albatross (Svartbrynad albatross)Thallasarche melanophris	Yellow-nosed Albatross sp (Mindre albatross), juvenile	Northern Giant-Petrel (Nordlig jättestormfågel) Macronectes halli and White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
Northern Giant-Petrel (Nordlig jättestormfågel) Macronectes halli	Bank Cormorants Phalacrocorax neglectus	Bank- Cape- and White-breasted Cormorants Phalacrocorax neglectus capensis and lucidus	Cape Gull Larus vetula	Hartlaub´s Gull Larus hartlaubii
Hartlaub´s Gull Larus hartlaubii	Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus	African Penguin colony (Åsnepingvinkoloni) Spheniscus demersus	African Penguins (Åsnepingviner) Spheniscus demersus	African Penguin (Åsnepingvin) Spheniscus demersus
African Penguin (Åsnepingvin) Spheniscus demersus	The "Rock-Jumper-road"		Cape Rockjumper Chaetops frenatus	Cape Rockjumper Chaetops frenatus
Cape Robin Cossypha caffra		Protea sp	African Waterlily Nymphea capensis

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