Report by John Fincham We had a bright sunny day at Paarl for the monthly count this morning, and the birds put on an exceptional display. Whiskered Terns were detected in <25% of 120 counts, up to 2004. They have not been detected in 150 counts since then. Today there were at least 8 in…
Month: October 2017
Latest Cape and Beared Vulture tracks
Dear All Please find attached (Click here) the movements of our Bearded Vultures; Jeremia, Pharaoh, InkosiYeentaka, Lehlwa, Mac, Camo and Mollie and our Cape Vultures; Bennie and N207, for the past week. Bennie has been stationery for a few days so we will investigate that. Kind regards Sonja Krüger http://www.projectvulture.org.za/ https://www.facebook.com/projectvulture https://twitter.com/vultureproject
Latest Cape and Bearded Vulture tracks
Dear All Please find attached (Click here) the movements of our Bearded Vultures; Jeremia, Pharaoh, InkosiYeentaka, Lehlwa, Mac, Camo and Mollie and our Cape Vultures; Bennie and N207, for the past week. The rehabilitated Cape Vulture seems to be exploring his area quite a bit since his release. I was lucky enough to see Jeremia over the…
Bisley Valley Outing
Report by Sandi du Preez and Elena Russell 22 October 2017 We had asked Ian Gordon from BirdLife KZN Midlands to join us on the outing as he is very familiar with the reserve and his birding skills are legendary! This proved to be an excellent decision. Not the best of starts to our day….
Paradise Valley Outing
Report by Lesley Frescura Wednesday 18 October The morning dawned with the promise of a beautiful day, and at 07.30 five intrepid birders – John, Sandi, Rani, Ros and Lesley met in the car park and made their way into the NR and over the bridge. The bridge is in dire need of repair with…
Latest Cape and Bearded Vulture tracks
Dear All Please find attached (click here) the movements of our Bearded Vultures; Jeremia, Pharaoh, InkosiYeentaka, Lehlwa, Mac, Camo and Mollie and our Cape Vulture; Bennie for the past week. You will notice that we have a new Cape Vulture on the map- N207- a sub-adult bird that was rehabilitated by Ben Hoffman (Raptor Rescue) and released…
Alverstone Outing
Saturday 7 October 2017 Report by Elena Russell It was an amazing morning. The mist did not lift till nearly 8 o’clock so the birding was spasmodic. We would hear a Dark-capped Bulbul and then a dark shape would fly past!! Dave Rimmer came up with “misty moisty morning when cloudy was the weather” (Steeleye…
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