Tag Archives: Knysna Turaco

Teniqua Treetops For Bird Lovers

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Teniqua Treetops in Knysna is a bird-watching paradise, accommodation with a major difference! We looked at building bird-hides before realising that each tree-house is a bird-hide 🙂 Awaken each morning to the sensual dawn chorus. We are visited by over a 100 different varieties of birds. We are blessed with the Knysna Turaco (Knysna Loerie) every day. Teniqua Treetops is located on 26 hectares of pristine indigenous forest; 3 hectares of fynbos and 6 hectares of open grassland. This encourages a range of birds. There is a wild-fig tree in … Read the full article…

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Big Boy, the Loerie Bird

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He was the most beautiful boy I’d ever seen; green like the earth, blue like a stormy sea. I was beautiful too; wiser in the moment, a better human being… For 6 and half years I’ve failed to get a quarter-decent photo of a Knysna Loerie bird. Traditionally, they’re shy. For 9 months that failure has been emphasised because the complex where I moved to has a large, resident Loerie I’ve name Big Boy.   In previous places where I stayed, I was used to small flocks of Loeries moving … Read the full article…

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The Gorgeous, Gorgeous Knysna Loerie Bird

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Do you, like me, love the Knysna Loerie (Turaco) bird? Steve Norton has opened a fan page at www.facebook.com/iloveknysnaloeries. Join up and view great views of the bird in flight. You are encouraged to upload your photos too. What do those internet spam ads warn? …. mmm… if you don’t visit that Page and Like a photo, a loerie will poop on your head today 🙂

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Free Screensaver: Birds of Eden

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For 14 days, we’re posting daily on Love Knysna’s Facebook about Birds of Eden’s magnificent avian beauties. To celebrate this already well-received series, you are welcome to download all the photos for free (thank you to photographer Monique Giannikos for her generosity) – they will make a wonderful screensaver! Click here to Download the Birds of Eden photo folder (13.4mb) which you can also view as a gallery in this blog below. As lovely as these photos are, nothing beats visiting Birds of Eden in person. Take your time to … Read the full article…

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Jewel in the Dark – The Ultimate Knysna Loerie Photo

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Knysna photographer, Tom Esterhuizen, has captured the ultimate Knysna Loerie a.k.a. Knysna Turaco photo! It’s well described as ‘Jewel in the Dark’. I am in sheer awe!!! Whether you’ve snapped a school of fish while scuba diving or a member of the Big Five while on a game drive, we’d love to see your incredible wildlife photos. Enter this competition and you could win your share of R255 000 in prizes courtesy of Sunday Times Travel Weekly and Wild Eye.” Read more about the competition. Be amazed by the photographers … Read the full article…

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Vote for the Knysna Loerie Bird

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Draw more attention to Knysna by taking one minute to vote for my favourite bird, the Knysna Turaco a.k.a. the Knysna Loerie. The experts at BirdLife South Africa have whittled down the list of South Africa’s birds to 52 species and invite all South Africans to “meet some of your neighbours” and vote for their favourite bird in a fun and feathery poll. Voting closes on 28 February 2015. Click here to cast your vote. One person, one vote. NOTE THAT VOTING BUTTON IS TO THE TOP LEFT OF THE … Read the full article…

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