Month: June 2019
BLPN Bird Walk at Amber Lee, Howick
23rd June 2019 Report and photos by Crystelle Wilson Birders from the coast got to see more than only birds on this outing to the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. Reedbuck, impala, nyala, warthog and zebra wander around the residential estate, but the highlight was undoubtedly seeing a leguaan sunning itself on the reedbeds at one of the…
Latest Cape and Bearded Vulture tracks
Dear All Please find attached (Click here) the movements of our Bearded Vultures; Jeremia, Pharaoh and Mollie and our Cape Vulture N207, for the past week. Please also find attached a photo of our incubating bird. Unfortunately some information below on another poisoning incident last week- a devastating loss of 537 vultures of several species:…
Pigeon Valley Walk
Saturday 1st June 2019
BLPN @ Kloof Open Gardens: 22 & 23rd June 2019
Please pop in to support the bird club. Get a list of the top 10 plants to have in your garden to attract birds. Lovely setting, interactive slide show and bird calls, test your knowledge, have some eats and treats and buy a few bird & nature goodies. Aloes and succulents for sale in the…
Latest Cape and Bearded Vulture Tracks
Dear All Please find attached (Click here) the movements of our Bearded Vultures; Jeremia, Pharaoh and Mollie and our Cape Vulture N207, for the past week. This past week has not been a good one for vulture; a dead Cape Vulture was picked up in the Eastern Cape- quite close to where N207 is foraging….
Iphithi Outing
Report by Sandi du Preez Wednesday 22 May 2019 At the start of the outing we stopped at the lookout/picnic shelter and a huge flock of Thick-billed Weavers flew overhead. From this spot we also saw Black-bellied starlings, Greater double-collared Sunbird, Cape White-eyes, Yellow-fronted Canaries, a Little Sparrowhawk and Dark-capped Bulbuls. Walking down the slope…
Latest Cape and Bearded Vulture Tracks
Dear All Please find attached (Click Here) the movements of our Bearded Vultures; Jeremia, Pharaoh and Mollie and our Cape Vulture N207, for the past week. Please also find attached the latest activity on our nest- no egg laid yet…. Kind regards Sonja Krüger http://www.projectvulture.org.za/ https://www.facebook.com/projectvulturehttps://twitter.com/vultureproject