South Africa says “Sala kahle!”

I had a few nice pictures from Namibia all lined up for today, but our outing to the fabulous Korsman Bird Sanctuary this morning went so well, I’ll save those others for another day. I don’t have a lot of time left to use the hotel wifi, so here are just a couple to whet your appetite.

As you might hope for a “bird sanctuary” in the middle of suburban housing, the space is well fenced off, to keep people and their pets out. That also means there is quite a bit of tall grasses and reads, which appears to be perfect habitat for the Levaillant’s Cisticola (Cisticola tinniens), of which there were plenty. At first, they were a little shy, but as the morning warmed up or they got used to our faces pressed against the fence, they started to come out and go about their day, and here’s one of the little cuties between verses of his song.

There are plenty of other pictures that I will eventually show you, but one of the prettiest has got to be this African Swamphen (Porphyrio madagascariensis). I’ve never seen one before, so it was especially kind to give me a perfect look in warm morning sunlight. Aren’t those colors just stupendous?!?!