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Birds of a feather<br />
...flock together, with essential and nice-to-have accessories for your holistay!<br />
Twitchers are all a-quiver<br />
The 5th revised edition of the Sasol The Larger Illustrated Guide to Birds of<br />
Southern Africa has just been released ... bigger, expanded and brought fully up-todate<br />
by its expert author panel, with additional contributions from two new birding<br />
experts. Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey, Warwick Tarboton, Niall Perrins, Dominic Rollinson &<br />
Peter Ryan (whew ... quite a line-up) have made sure this best-selling guide maintains<br />
its place as one of Africa’s most trusted field guides. With more than 3000 illustrations<br />
(more than 800 new), a scan-and-play bird-call feature using a free downloadable<br />
app (which contains more than 1000 calls for 866 species), fully revised text, maps<br />
and plate annotations and a comprehensive coverage of the region’s birds, this<br />
edition is in a larger format, making it far easier to use. R450. • For those who<br />
prefer it, the new, vastly improved and really easy-to-use Sasol eBirds Southern<br />
Africa App is a superb option. The app covers all 989 bird species in line with<br />
the latest taxonomical changes, has loads of updated info from the existing<br />
and new contributing authors, more than 1000 bird calls and more than 2700<br />
photographs (with no in-app purchase required) and plenty of new illustrations<br />
with finer attention to detail. With text in English and Afrikaans, the app also has<br />
distribution maps updated with latest known ranges and Quick-Play bird calls<br />
right from the menu. The app will be updated regularly, and freely, constantly<br />
improving the content, features and functionality. Download on the App Store<br />
or get it on Google Play.<br />
Compiled by: KYM ARGO<br />
Binocs worth<br />
tweeting about<br />
Let’s pretend, just<br />
for a minute, that<br />
money’s no probs.<br />
We’d take up birding<br />
just to own these sexy<br />
Swarovski EL 10x42<br />
O-Range Binoculars.<br />
They offer, obviously,<br />
the very best combo<br />
of long-range optics<br />
and ergonomic design<br />
along with razor-sharp<br />
images, precise range,<br />
perfectly balanced<br />
weight. They come in<br />
at a jaw-dropping R72<br />
000. But.... orange. You’ll<br />
find them, and a whole<br />
host of more affordable,<br />
perfectly adequate,<br />
boringly black binocs at<br />
takealot.com<br />
Brilliant bags for birders<br />
This Mellville and Moon Ornithologist Bible Bag,<br />
which can be worn over your shoulder or attached to<br />
your belt, has room for not only your bird book, but<br />
also has handy pockets for all the extras you need<br />
to take on a birding outing... water and a notepad,<br />
your GPS and sunnies, perhaps a hip flask and the<br />
odd cigar. It comes in khaki or black, and is R1500. If<br />
it’s a little more than what you need, you may prefer<br />
the Bird Book Cover... what Mellville and Moon<br />
call the plain LBJ version. Also available in khaki or<br />
black, it’s got a shoulder/ body strap for carrying<br />
your book on your birding outing. R1200. Both from<br />
melvillandmoon.com<br />
24 Get It Magazine November <strong>2020</strong>
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