Tagged: Familiar chat

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Birding in Tankwa Karoo National Park

Last week I blogged about our camping trip to the Tankwa Karoo National Park.  As I said, we were blown away by the beautiful scenery, but that isn’t the only charm of this tiny...

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Winging It – Familiar Chat

–oOo— I think I discovered the secret of life – you just hang around until you get used to it.   Charles M Schultz —oOo— Familiar chat Related Images:

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Bird of the Week – Week 84 – Familiar chat

The Afrikaans name for the Familiar chat is “Gewone spekvreter” which means “Common fat-eater“, a strange name that it apparently earned during the 1800’s when the Voortrekkers were migrating northwards from the Cape of...