Over the past 2 weeks here at Mashatu Game Reserve, there
has been a huge influx in bird species as all the migratory birds start
returning for the season. This change has brought the underground hide some
special new faces in the form of a variety of cuckoo species. Knowing that this
festival of cuckoos at the hide has a very fragile time limit, photographers
visiting the hide have been going wild at the opportunity. As soon as the first
solid rain falls arrive in the area the concentration of cuckoos will disperse around
the reserve.
This far spotted at the hide: Klaas’s Cuckoo, African
Cuckoo, Diderick Cuckoo, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Levaillant’s Cuckoo and Jacobin
Cuckoo.
Heard at the hide, but not yet seen: Red-chested Cuckoo
Also seen at the hide: Burchell’s and Senegal Coucal.
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| Great Spotted Cuckoo take off |
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| Great Spotted Cuckoo pair |
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| Cuckoo and Vervet Monkey |
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| Diderick's Cuckoo |
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| African Cuckoo |
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| African Cuckoo in flight |
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| Klaas's Cuckoo in flight |
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| Jacobin Cuckoo |
Text by: Ruth Nussbaum
Photographs by: Kyle de Nobrega
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