Report by Rex Aspeling. 21 Birders attended the SAPPI Hide outing so the group was split in two. One group staying at the hide and the other doing the walk through the picnic area for about a kilometre around the Hide Dam. This proved to be excellent birding with the assistance of two members having scopes. The…
Month: March 2014
BLPN sponsorship – CROW
Hi BirdLife Port Natal members, Please find a picture of your sign on Garden Aviary No. 1. I will be doing a Facebook post tomorrow about our programme and will be adding this photo as a part of the album and will be sure to tag BirdLife Port Natal. Thank you again for your…
Search Functions on BLPN Website.
This is just a reminder that there are several ways to search for something on the BLPN website. 1. There is a Search box at the top right of each page. Enter a key word and all posts and website pages with the key word will appear. 2. At the bottom of each page there…
Raptor for ID
Seen this morning in the Le Domaine complex in Hillcrest, Durban. Click on a photo and leave you comments in the box below it.
Bushwillow Park – weekend outing.
Book your place now and let Jane or Mike know that you are going. Fr 25th -Mon 28th April (long weekend). Bushwillow Park. Karkloof with Mike Roseblade and Jane Morris. Please confirm all details with Mike or Jane. Mike –microse@mweb.co.za or Jane – janette@mweb.co.za, Tel: 031 2660487. An ideal camping and caravanning location right on the edge of the…
Challenge: Name these Sunbirds
Have your say. Identify each of the sunbirds in the following photos. All seen in Hillcrest, Durban. When you enlarge each photo there is a box below it where you should write that bird’s ID.
Subantarctic Skua on the beachfront.
At Sunday’s air show on Durban Beachfront we noticed this bird flying around the pier immediately in front of CircusCircus. I haven’t seen one quite so close inshore and several of the fishermen said, We’ve never seen a bird like that what is it? Don’t know whether it will be there tomorrow but if it…
Upcoming Activities
Sunday 30 March. SAPPI Bird Hide with Rex Aspeling. Please contact Rex to confirm. Email: rex.aspeling@gmail.com or call: 082 301 8177. We will spend time in the Hide and take a stroll around the dam as well. Afterwards tea /coffee in the picnic area. Remember to bring your ID and check in at the office…
The visitors to our Tassel-berry tree (Antidesma venosum)
Sent in by Herman and Jackie Bos We have lived in Loerie Park close to the Palmiet nature reserve (in Durban) for 20 years. In the time we have lived here we have planted a number of fruit bearing trees. About 18 years ago we planted a Tassel-berry tree on the corner of our deck….