Imagine a Venn diagram with three circles: one for birdwatching, one for nature books and one for anything to do with the Waterberg. In the centre, where those circles overlap, you’ll find Warwick and Michèle Tarboton. We chatted to them at their home outside Modimolle.
It’s not difficult to figure out that Warwick and Michèle Tarboton are into birds. On this particular summer afternoon, Michèle is wearing a shirt with six embroidered birds on it: hoopoe, Knysna turaco, guineafowl, white-fronted bee-eater, malachite kingfisher and what looks like a greater double-collared sunbird.