Brian,
We all thought your trip was great. It was exciting to see so many species and I loved your ability to find little spots that produced. I was very impressed - it would be hard to make suggestions for other places as I don't know the area well enough..
I did see some new species in the Karoo: Verreaux's Eagle, SA Shelduck, Spotted Flycatcher, Cape Bunting, Southern Masked-weaver, and Red-billed Quelea. Fun to see the Karoo countryside.
So all in all a very nice short visit to South Africa.
It would be fun to cook up a return and get you to put together a trip to the north.
Really appreciated your input and approach.
Thank you for Karoo Species.