In many areas around Bushmanland, in northwest South Africa, farm dams attract thousands of birds from the surrounding area. These present excellent photographic opportunities. A selection of photos from water features and the red dunes southwest of Pofadder are posted below. The most common birds were hundreds of Lark-like Buntings and Gray-backed Sparrowlarks. The area is famous for the red 'dunes' form of Red Lark (see photo above left), a beautiful lark that we saw extremely well, and of which I was able to obtain distant photos. Tomorrow I will post a selection of photos showing variation in Gray-backed Sparrowlark, one of the more beautiful of the South African larks (but aren't they all?). White-throated Canary and Lark-like Bunting
Namaqua Sandgrouse (male)
Rufous-eared Warbler
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