I am a South African birder living in the south of Pretoria in the province of Gauteng. I really love birds and birding but the thought of getting in my car and driving off at 2 or even 4 a.m. to get to a prime birding site by first light is enough to make me roll over and go back to sleep. This means that most weekends I end up birding in the garden or some local park that I can get to in 5 to 10 minutes, which is not always bad.......I mean I have had species like Southern Whitefaced Owl, Little Bittern and Ovambo Sparrowhawk right in my back yard. My garden list is currently on 120 species identified in the garden or flying over. My outings around the country can be read at http://thelazybirder.blogspot.co.za when I get around to posting.