Dave Deighton must be one of the luckiest birders alive, and his name is synonymous with waders, rarities and twitching. Whether they know it or not, the majority of serious listers owe him their gratitude. This is the story of three of Dave's most remarkable discoveries, and how those birds changed birding in southern Africa.
I’ll admit that my entomological knowledge is limited to a few disparate field guides lying around the house, some undergraduate entomology courses at university, and whatever punchy, non-peer-reviewed factoids the internet can produce. Be that as it may, I just had to share my sighting of this little chap - a remarkable example of crypsis!
According to the philosopher Confucius, "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance". While simply meandering about in the bush, making sketches and just "checking stuff out" as my other favourite philosopher, Jerry Seinfeld, would say, I became aware of a sound that I could not identify...read on to see if you can identify it.
