| The bokmakieries, canaries and a colony of vivid European bee-eaters that I spotted gave me just a glimpse of the nearly two hundred bird species that inhabit the reserve. |
| At night you can hear the call of the Cape Eagle owl and during the day you might see bokmakieries, sunbirds, sugar birds, steppe buzzards, heron and many many more. |
| The pure, liquid sounds of two bokmakieries perched in an Acacia thorn tree carry through the air. |
| More visits to the area during the following week revealed no sign of immature bokmakieries, which suggests the probability of predation. |
