Report by Sandi du Preez It was a great relief to be blessed with a beautiful sunny day after 5 days of rain. Thirteen birders attended the outing. The early…
Month: May 2017
LatestCape and Bearded Vulture tracks
Dear All Please find attached (click here) the movements of our Bearded Vultures; Jeremia, Pharaoh, InkosiYeentaka, Lehlwa, Mac, Kloutjie, Camo and Mollie and our Cape Vulture; Bennie for the past week. Kind…
Mannikin Meander
Report by Jane and Mike Roseblade Sunday 21st May dawned calm and clear, typical balmy May weather, as 9 of us gathered at the Westville Civic Centre in the hopes…
Latest Cape and Bearded Vulture tracks
Dear All Please find attached (click here) the movements of our Bearded Vultures; Jeremia, Pharaoh, InkosiYeentaka, Lehlwa, Mac, Kloutjie, Camo and Mollie and our Cape Vulture; Bennie for the past week. Bennie…
Sherwood Farm
From a visit this last weekend to Sherwood Farm in the Karkloof area, a Crowned Eagle. Crispin Hemson hemsonc@gmail.com 082 926 5333
BirdLife South Africa AGM
Dear colleagues You can view the proceedings of the recent AGM which was held on the MSC Sinfonia at: http://birdlife.org.za/events/flock/flock-at-sea-again-2017 (note that there are several videos) We are very grateful…
Latest Cape and Bearded Vulture tracks
Dear All Please find attached (click here) the movements of our Bearded Vultures; Jeremia, Pharaoh, InkosiYeentaka, Lehlwa, Mac, Kloutjie, Camo and Mollie and our Cape Vulture; Bennie for the past week. Despite…
Interview with Mark Anderson
Dear colleagues I was interviewed today on Cliff Central about birds, birding, BirdLife South Africa and Flock at Sea. The podcast is at http://cliffcentral.com/the-laws-of-life/laws-of-life-birdwatching/ Regards Mark Mark D. Anderson Chief…
Shongweni Outing Sat 6th May
Short report on Saturday’s outing to Shongweni. Elena Russell We had lovely weather, a bit cool to start but soon warmed up nicely. A good turnout, there were some faces…
Latest Cape and Bearded Vulture tracks
Dear All Please find attached the movements of our Bearded Vultures; Jeremia, Pharaoh, InkosiYeentaka, Lehlwa, Mac, Kloutjie, Camo and Mollie and our Cape Vulture; Bennie for the past week. Click here. Kind…
Illovo bird walk
Report by John Bremner Saturday 29th April 2017 Adam Cruickshank is organizing a Bird Day for July to raise awareness of Birding as a pastime as well as its valuable…
Corvids
Dear All: there is some interesting info on corvids via the link below. It is hardly anecdotal! http://www.audubon.org/magazine/march-april-2016/meet-bird-brainiacs-common-raven Please forward the link to anyone interested. John Fincham
Cape and Bearded Vulture tracks
Dear All Please find attached the movements of our Bearded Vultures; Jeremia, Pharaoh, InkosiYeentaka, Lehlwa, Mac, Kloutjie, Camo and Mollie and our Cape Vulture; Bennie for the past week. Click here. Kind…