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TRAVEL
BIRDING

IN MOZAMBIQUE

Text and photos by Anthony Cavanagh

Steppe Whimbrel

A number of birds in the Southern African region are found only in
Mozambique, and it was with great anticipation therefore that Sue and I
together with seven other members of the Wits Bird Club set off with our

guide, Etienne Marais, to see as many of these special birds as possible.

delay at the Ressano Garcia vehicles departed and headed for the Weaver, Mashona Hyliota, Pale Batis,
border post obtaining visas wetlands to the west of Inharrime. and Racquet-tailed Roller.
A or the non-SADC members Etienne had us walking abreast in a
f
of our party resulted in our arriving long line through the wetland and En route to our next stop at
late at our first overnight stop at in so doing we flushed the Great Morrungulo Lodge, some 170km
the Pousada Jolly Roger Lodge in Bittern, one of our target birds, north of Inharrime, we stopped
Inharrime, some 380km north of which we all saw. We then drove at the Inhambane estuary where,
Maputo. on to the woodlands in the Panda amongst a number of Whimbrels,
area where Etienne pointed out Etienne identified a single Steppe
Next morning at first light our three other specials such as Olive-headed Whimbrel. This is the rarest of the

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