Wednesday 17 JULY 2019 A wonderful turnout of 21 people for a Wednesday morning at the Museum. David Allan, the curator of birds was very happy as the Honorary President, to invite BirdLife Port Natal, to once again spend a morning with him to see what work in the museum entails. Durban Natural Science Museum, housing…
Month: July 2019
uMlalazi weekend 12-14 July 2019
uMlalazi is a winter wonderland for birding. Not only is it a lot warmer than home but a number of species arrive from higher altitudes or further south down the coast to enjoy the relative warmth just as we do. One never knows what can pop up and so 20 hopeful birders assembled at uMlalazi on Friday…
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. Our Cape Vulture provided quite a scare by not moving for four days but fortunately has become more active again! Please also find attached a photo of our incubating bird…
Durban Botanic Gardens
Report by Terry Walls Saturday 6th July 2019 Once again we could not have asked for better weather for a birding outing. We met in the car park at 7:30 am where a number of the more common birds were there to greet us: Hadeda Ibis, Common, Glossy and Red-winged Starlings, Dark-capped Bulbul, House Sparrow,…
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. Not much activity from our birds in the past week. Please also find attached photos of our incubating bird from our nest camera. Kind regards Sonja Krüger https://www.facebook.com/projectvulturehttps://twitter.com/vultureproject Homepage
Wakkerstroom Newsletters
Here are the June and July Wakkerstroom newsletters. Click June 2019 and July 2019 to read them.
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 photos of our incubating bird from our nest camera. Kind regards Sonja Krüger https://www.facebook.com/projectvulturehttps://twitter.com/vultureproject http://www.projectvulture.org.za/
BLPN Indoor Meeting – Wednesday 10 July at 18h30
The presentation will start at 19h00 so please get there a little early for tea/coffee and a chat about bird sightings or news.
Burchell’s Coucal Eco Trail Outing 29 June 2019
Report by Tyron Dall Nine birders enjoyed a wonderful mornings birding with excellent weather. The first bird to get our attention was an African Darter on a mud flat in the middle of the river, which seemed to be waiting for the sun’s rays to warm its outstretched wings.