Very impressed.....

..... with the new 5th edition of a local field guide received yesterday, which must stand as one of the best of its type globally.

Some of the new features include:
+ New 'bird-call' feature - access calls by scanning barcodes with a free downloadable call app.
+ More than 800 new illustrations, including all-new plates for raptors and seabirds.
+ Calendar bars depicting species' occurrence and breeding periods.
+ Fully updated species accounts and distribution maps,

The cover features the Ground Woodpecker (Geocolaptes olivaceus)
a near-threatened endemic  to South Africa.

#212/2020