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| Cape Bulbul |
The Rufous-tailed Scrub-robin, a mega rarity for South Africa, has stayed put for almost two months on the eastern shore of Zeekoevlei here in Cape Town, showing well for more than 1200 birders. Fred and I joined birders this weekend, patrolled the picnic area on four different visits, but without success.
A dip in birding speak, but how wonderful is this photo of a Cape Bulbul, oblivious to all the blah-blah going on around it.
The main goal of twitching is often to accumulate species on one's lists. Some birders engage in competition to accumulate the longest species list. The act of the pursuit itself is referred to as a twitch or a chase. A rare bird that stays put long enough for people to see it is twitchable or chaseable.
