TBL Podcast - Season 14 Episode 3 - Junior Gabela. Zululand, Birding and a Life in the Field

TBL Podcast - Season 14 Episode 3 - Junior Gabela. Zululand, Birding and a Life in the Field

From The Birding Life Podcast Network by The Birding Life Podcast Network

May 18, 2026 · 40 min · Season 14 · Episode 3

About this episode

This episode features an interview with Junior Gabela, a renowned bird guide from Zululand, discussing his birding journey and the region's unique avifauna.

Junior Gabela is a name known to many South African birders. Those who have birded with him will tell you about his incredible birding skills and his ability to find some of Zululand’s most sought-after species. In this episode, I sit down with this well-known Zululand bird guide to hear more about his story. In this conversation, we don’t just get to know Junior the birder. We dig deeper into the people and places that shaped his journey. For those who may never have visited Zululand, we also unpack the incredible birding in the region, along with where to find some of the area’s special birds. If you would like to book Junior as a guide, you can contact him on 082 667 3704 or email him at juniorgabela@yahoo.com . Visit our online store to get your birding related merchandise at great prices https://www.thebirdinglife.com/online-store Intro and outro music by Tony ZA https://soundcloud.com/tonyofficialza

People in this episode

Host: The Birding Life Podcast Network

Guest: Junior Gabela

Topics covered

  • birding
  • Zululand
  • bird guide
  • bird species
  • nature
  • interview

Keywords

  • birding skills
  • Zululand bird guide
  • South African birders
  • bird species
  • nature exploration

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Zululand, South Africa

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