Bird of the month: Little Grebe/ Kleindobbertjie (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
This bird is also known as a dabchick. These grebes are slightly smaller than the black necked grebe and have a light rufous colour on the under parts, with black upper parts and a dark rufous coloured neck with black on top of the head. Their habitat is slightly more diverse than the rest of the grebes, ranging from dams, lakes, slowly flowing streams and rarely on the marine coast. They are very noisy birds, with a distinctive whinnying trill. Little grebes are a common resident in the area. Their main food source is small aquatic animals, mainly frogs, tadpoles and anthropods.