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BeKZN’s Colour Me Green, eThekwini Challenge Winner

A Stayover at Bonamanzi Game Reserve. You can now self-drive Bonamanzi is a privately owned Game Reserve, 4000 hectares in extent and recognised as one of the best birding destinations in KZN offering a biodiverse mix of Sand Forests, Savanna & Wetland Areas. I got the chance for a second visit courtesy of winning the…

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Feature: Harare and Mana Pools, Zimbabwe.

October 2021 by Rob & Paige McLennan-Smith On Friday 15th October 2021 Paige and I flew with our daughter Kirsty and her husband James Hendry (photo 3) from Johannesburg to Harare for a Covid delayed trip to Zimbabwe. Kirsty and James planned to do some wildlife videography for their YouTube programmes, and I have been…

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Stories of Bird Breeding at our Durban home.

23 October 2021 Two years ago Red-capped Robin-Chats (previously known as Natal Robins) built a nest and produced three chicks in a wall-planter at our back door. However, the chicks disappeared one by one. Because it always happened at night, Vervet Monkeys were ruled out and the location made it unlikely to be a cat. …

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A “Bucket-list” Holiday of a Lifetime – Sentinel Mara Safari

September 2021 A feature blog from a member Ian A W Macdonald and Jane E Wiltshire {Editors note: Please click on images to see larger renditions} Jane and I have enjoyed many holidays in African national parks and game reserves.  However, neither of us had ever managed to “go on safari” in Kenya. We both had…

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A Bucket List Trip – 5 weeks through Botswana.

May/June 2021 A member feature report by Rob & Paige McLennan-Smith Two years ago along with friends of ours, Alan and Olga Tennant, we started planning my 60th birthday present – a camping trip through Central and Northern Botswana and taking our time about it, my longest holiday ever away from a busy medical practice…

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A first for southern Africa – A great excuse for a trip!

23 – 28 June 2021 A member feature report by Nicolette & Ticky Forbes (clicking on photos will bring up a bigger image) Shall we go? The announcement that a bird turning up just south of Kruger which had never been recorded in South Africa, and in fact not recorded in the southern hemisphere, got…

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A Member’s Report on her BE KZN Colour Me Green, eThekwini 2021 Challenge Experience.

by Penny de Vries 5 May 2021 I was very excited to hear about the Colour Me Green project at our first bird club meeting of 2021. I thought I knew how to atlas as I’ve been doing it since Birdlasser was first released to iPhone, in about 2016. Nicky took us through the protocols…

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Twitch Less to Enjoy Birding More

I am a big gaming fan, especially the big open world Role Playing or RPG Games. To purchase a game these days is fairly expensive, but these games can give you hundreds of hours of enjoyment. When I buy a game, I know from experience to not read any of the walk through guides on…

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Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

17 – 29 October 2020 Let me start off by saying that Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (KTP) is an experience like no other and a destination that should be on every birder’s and nature lover’s bucket list. There are a few things one should mention at the outset: The roads are rough, very sandy and corrugated….

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