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Category Archives: johannesburg
The Beryl street yoga club mystery
It goes like this Tweeta tweeta tweeta. No, throw back your lips and let that weeee go, so it comes out Tweeeeta tweeeta tweeeeta. Now you have the call of the mystery bird of Observatory. Always heard but never seen. … Continue reading
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Tagged birdwatching, Geoff Lockwood, Karoo Thrush, mystery, Observatory
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The outlaws of the Nuweveld.
Long before the lion took to the Nuweveld mountains another outlaw hid out in these remote borderlands between the Northern and Western Cape. His name was Stefaans Coetzee and he was responsible for the Worcester mall bombings in 1995. According … Continue reading
Posted in johannesburg, Media
Tagged escaped lion, journalism, Karoo National Park, lion, Sylvester the lion, tracking
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Peak bagging in the old Transvaal
Here it is higher than both Ben Nevis and Mount Snowdon, in fact throw both their heights together and they pip this spot by just a bit. This trig beacon marks the highest point in Gauteng, sitting at 1913 metres, … Continue reading
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Tagged Gauteng, hiking, peak bagging, suikerbosrand nature reserve
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The other Sharpeville
Something is not right with this picture. Sharpeville Township lies to the south of Johannesburg. But this photograph I snapped is in Durban Deep, to the west of the City of Gold. The bearing is all wrong To understand this … Continue reading
Bird mystery solved.
Mysteries in blurred photographs do sometimes get solved. Last week I posted a picture of a strange bird sitting on the wall of my garden. It didn’t appear in any local bird book and when I approached a couple of … Continue reading
Posted in johannesburg, Kensington, science
Tagged bird watching, birdwatching, Johannesburg, mystery bird species
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So what is this strange bird?
Like all great mysteries this one stares out of a blurred photograph. But this is no picture of the Loch Ness Monster, Sasquatch or even Elvis, this is a photo of a small finch sized bird. It is a pretty … Continue reading
Posted in johannesburg, Kensington, Uncategorized
Tagged aviary bird, birdwatching, unidentified bird
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