Observations in the Species: Anthropoides paradiseus
English Name: Bloukraanvoël or Blue Crane or iNdwa or Indwe or Mogolodi or Mogôlôri or Mohololi or Paradieskranich
Observed on: 25th February 2011
Added to iSpot: 27th February 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 7
Comments: 0
By: tony rebelo
Observed on: 21st December 2012
Added to iSpot: 18th February 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 6
Comments: 0
Description: Far in distance, but could not stop myself getting some family pics.
By: Jonathan
Observed on: 11th February 2013
Added to iSpot: 14th February 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 7
Comments: 0
Observed on: 11th May 2012
Added to iSpot: 5th January 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 11
Comments: 0
Observed on: 16th December 2012
Added to iSpot: 16th December 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 8
Comments: 0
Observed on: 8th December 2012
Added to iSpot: 9th December 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 8
Comments: 0
Observed on: 6th December 2012
Added to iSpot: 6th December 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 11
Comments: 6
By: Judd Kirkel W
Observed on: 29th October 2012
Added to iSpot: 31st October 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 12
Comments: 0
Description: 11 cranes on one spot!!!
By: Judd Kirkel W
Observed on: 29th October 2012
Added to iSpot: 31st October 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 9
Comments: 0
Observed on: 26th December 2010
Added to iSpot: 25th October 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 9
Comments: 0
Observed on: 25th September 2012
Added to iSpot: 25th September 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 9
Comments: 2
Description: Have been observing them for a while now, looking for good nesting sites, building the nest, sitting on the eggs and since the weekend, two chicks. The interesting bit though, how did the chicks cross the water from the island where the nest was to the main land? Can they swim? Obviously they can! Included a picture of the distance the little chicks had to swim within a day or two after they where born - amazing!
Observed on: 16th September 2012
Added to iSpot: 17th September 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 13
Comments: 3
By: Eugene Marinus
Observed on: 16th August 2012
Added to iSpot: 17th August 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 13
Comments: 0
Observed on: 3rd June 2012
Added to iSpot: 24th June 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 13
Comments: 0
By: MargieR
Location: 126, Rivier St
Lat/Lng: -31.707, 18.7682
Seen near the Giftberg mountains in a grassy area just outside Vanrynsdorp.
Close
Observed on: 7th August 2011
Added to iSpot: 15th May 2012
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 8
Comments: 2
Observed on: 17th March 2012
Added to iSpot: 24th April 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 5
Comments: 0
Description: Cranes used to pass over very high on their way to the wheatfields of Bredasdorp. Now they are resident here, which is super. There is something supremely primal about the call of the blue crane.
Observed on: 6th October 2011
Added to iSpot: 15th April 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 9
Comments: 0
By: Armata
Observed on: 3rd October 2011
Added to iSpot: 3rd April 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 12
Comments: 0
Observed on: 27th January 2012
Added to iSpot: 8th March 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 6
Comments: 0
Description: Not sure what killed this beautiful bird. I thought it might have flown into the nearby fence.
By: Marie Viljoen
Observed on: 20th January 2012
Added to iSpot: 20th January 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 2
Description: I have no image. For approx. 10 days I have been hearing at night (9pm and later, till 2am, sometimes), birds flying overhead. Their call was not familiar to me - they sounded vaguely like gulls. This afternoon I heard them in daylight, looked up, and saw a group of 8 individuals flying very high. They looked like big birds, and storks came to mind, although when I first heard them I thought of shorebirds. I didn't have time to fetch binoculars. Their call is a fairly high Krrr Krrrr, rather grating. They were flying north.
Observed on: 2nd January 2012
Added to iSpot: 9th January 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 10
Comments: 0
Observed on: 21st September 2011
Added to iSpot: 6th December 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 11
Comments: 0
By: c.summersgill
Observed on: 29th September 2010
Added to iSpot: 26th August 2011
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 8
Comments: 0