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Twitchers are all a-quiver<br />
The 5th revised edition of the Sasol The Larger Illustrated Guide to Birds<br />
of Southern Africa has just been released ... bigger, expanded and brought<br />
fully up-to-date by its expert author panel, with additional contributions from<br />
two new birding experts. Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey, Warwick Tarboton, Niall<br />
Perrins, Dominic Rollinson & Peter Ryan (whew ... quite a line-up) have made<br />
sure this best-selling guide maintains its place as one of Africa’s most trusted<br />
field guides. With more than 3000 illustrations (more than 800 new), a scanand-play<br />
bird-call feature using a free downloadable app (which contains<br />
more than 1000 calls for 866 species), fully revised text, maps and plate<br />
annotations and a comprehensive coverage of the region’s birds, this edition<br />
is in a larger format, making it far easier to use. R450. • For those who prefer<br />
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<br />
2700 photographs (with no in-app purchase required) and plenty of new<br />
illustrations with finer attention to detail. With text in English and Afrikaans,<br />
the app also has distribution maps updated with latest known ranges and<br />
Quick-Play bird calls right from the menu. The app will be updated regularly,<br />
and freely, constantly improving the content, features and functionality.<br />
Download on the App Store or get it on Google Play.<br />
Brilliant bags for birders<br />
This Mellville and Moon<br />
Ornithologist Bible Bag, which<br />
can be worn over your shoulder or<br />
attached to your belt, has room for<br />
not only your bird book, but also has<br />
handy pockets for all the extras you<br />
need to take on a birding outing ...<br />
water and a notepad, your GPS and<br />
sunnies, perhaps a hip flask and the<br />
odd cigar. It comes in khaki or black,<br />
and is R1500. If it’s a little more than<br />
what you need, you may prefer the<br />
Bird Book Cover ... what Mellville<br />
and Moon call the plain LBJ<br />
version. Also available in khaki or<br />
black, it’s got a shoulder/ body<br />
strap for carrying your book on<br />
your birding outing. R1200. Both<br />
from melvillandmoon.com<br />
Binocs worth tweeting about<br />
Let’s pretend, just for a minute, that<br />
money’s no probs. We’d take up birding<br />
just to own these sexy Swarovski EL<br />
10x42 O-Range Binoculars. They offer,<br />
obviously, the very best combo of longrange<br />
optics and ergonomic design along<br />
with razor-sharp images, precise range,<br />
perfectly balanced weight. They come in<br />
at a jaw-dropping R72 000. But .... orange.<br />
You’ll find them, and a whole host of more<br />
affordable, perfectly adequate, boringly<br />
black binocs at takealot.com<br />
32 Get It Magazine <strong>Nov</strong>ember 20
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