Fowl Guides of the World: Rene Rossouw, South Africa
What’s your favourite chicken species?
Beautiful Bushshrike
What’s your identify, and the place do you reside?
René Rossouw, I stay in Nelspruit, South Africa.
What are the principle areas or places you cowl as a chicken information?
North-eastern South Africa together with the Kruger Nationwide Park and the Western Cape
How lengthy have you ever been a chicken information?
5 years
How did you get into chicken guiding?
From being an avid birder for over 20 years, I slowly began getting enthusiastic about guiding myself as there was a niche within the business within the space the place I stay.
Saddle-billed Stork
What are the features of being a chicken information that you simply like finest? Which features do you dislike most?
I like having the ability to present visitors birds that they’ve wished to see and by no means had the chance. I additionally do birding walks for younger kids and it offers me nice satisfaction to see their faces after they see a brand new chicken.
I don’t assume there may be something I dislike about it.
What are the highest 5-10 birds in your area that you simply assume are probably the most fascinating for visiting birders?
Hamerkop, Martial Eagle, Southern Floor Hornbill, Saddle-billed Stork, Pel’s Fishing Owl, Secretarybird, African Fish Eagle, Lilac-breasted Curler and Lappet-faced Vulture
Lilac-breasted Curler
Are you able to define at the least one typical birdwatching journey in your space? Please briefly describe the places, the important thing birds, and the approximate period of such a visit
Our 16-day birding tour affords a unprecedented birding expertise in a number of the most fun birding locations of the japanese elements of South Africa, together with the Kruger Nationwide Park, Wakkerstroom, the forests of Magoebaskloof and northern Kwazulu-Natal, in addition to some smaller gems like Zaagkuildrift and Mount Sheba. Count on to see a lot of South Africa’s endemic and particular species, and a complete journey listing nicely in extra of 400 species!
Kruger Nationwide Park – One of many planet’s prime wildlife parks
Magoebaskloof – Gorgeous forest magnificence and particular birds
Wakkerstroom – Grassland and wetland birding, with many specials
Mkuze – Very particular park with the Large 5 and over 500 chicken species
St Lucia – A wetland wonderworld the place the ocean and land meet spectacularly
Mtunzini – Lovely coastal village with unbelievable wildlife-rich forests
Prime Birds:
• Martial Eagle
• Tawny and African Fish Eagle
• White-bellied Bustard
• Southern Bald Ibis
• Rudd’s, Quick-clawed and Botha’s Lark
• Yellow-breasted Pipit
• African Rock Pipit
• Cape and Brown-headed Parrot
• Knysna and Purple-crested Turaco
• Noticed and Orange Floor Thrush
• Beautiful Bushshrike
• Black-fronted and Olive Bushshrike
• Narina Trogon
Southern Floor Hornbill
What different solutions are you able to give to birders enthusiastic about your space?
Summer time in South Africa is the most effective time to chicken, as all of the migrants are within the nation. Bear in mind to convey a sunhat and raincoat as it is usually the wet season in some elements of the nation. We’ve got some nice info on our web site on all of the nations we provide journeys to, with journey stories, photos, and data in regards to the vacation spot and what to anticipate.
If any reader of 10,000 Birds is enthusiastic about birding with you, how can they finest contact you?
René Rossouw, Nature Journey Birding
data@naturetravelbirding.com
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Web site: https://naturetravelbirding.com/
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