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PUTTING 'COMMUNITY' INTO COMMUNITY BIRD GUIDES
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PUTTING 'COMMUNITY' INTO COMMUNITY BIRD GUIDES

On the face of it, the Community Bird Guide Project is about training bird guides. However, the footprint of this long-running project is much bigger than that.

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January/February 2023
listing FOR Conservation
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listing FOR Conservation

Most birders keep some sort of a list. Some don't, but this is the South Africa Listers' Club column so if you're reading this, let's assume that you do.

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January/February 2023
penguins breeding AT DE HOOP
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penguins breeding AT DE HOOP

Seven years after work began to re-establish an African Penguin breeding colony at De Hoop Nature Reserve, a pair of chicks has been observed at a nest at the colony.

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January/February 2023
MIDDELPUNT a new nature reserve
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MIDDELPUNT a new nature reserve

The White-winged Flufftail is listed as globally Critically Endangered, with an estimated population of fewer than 250 mature individuals.

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January/February 2023
flock with us!
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flock with us!

Flock to Wilderness 24–28 May 2023

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January/February 2023
twitter FEED
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twitter FEED

My husband and I were busy in the garden when we heard a commotion. The thrushes had been aggressively defending their terri­tory for the past couple of days, chasing away doves, pigeons and even parakeets.

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January/February 2023
CANON R7 CAMERA
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CANON R7 CAMERA

Premium performance at a reasonable price

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January/February 2023
take a hike
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take a hike

Birding the Pondo Trail

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January/February 2023
take cover
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take cover

You don’t have to be crazy, but it helps…

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January/February 2023
just wait...
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just wait...

Photographer, author and naturalist Hugh Chittenden is one of southern Africa’s most respected field biologists.

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January/February 2023
martial law
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martial law

‘Look at those two vultures,’ said my wife Petra, after noticing something flying towards us. We were at the Kwang waterhole on 19 September 2022, during our visit to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.

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January/February 2023
show & tell
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show & tell

African Broadbill display

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January/February 2023
sightings IN THE SUBREGION
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sightings IN THE SUBREGION

Mid-September to mid-November 2022

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January/February 2023
cryptic conundrun
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cryptic conundrun

Can you rise to the challenge and identify this African bird species? Consider all the likely variables and then test yourself – it’s not always as easy as it looks! If you enter and your identification is correct, you stand in line to win a pair of binoculars that will help take your birding to the next level…

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January/February 2023
DDT dangers
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DDT dangers

Global monitoring in raptors

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January/February 2023
duck OR dive
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duck OR dive

Predator-avoidance tactics

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January/February 2023
synthetic fibre blues
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synthetic fibre blues

The penduline-tits (Remizidae) are a small family of 11 species in three genera allied to the true tits (Paridae). Most species construct intricately woven nests that are suspended from branches, which explains their common name.

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January/February 2023
Príncipe Scops Owl
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Príncipe Scops Owl

In July 2016, the presence of a scops owl was confirmed on Príncipe, the smaller of the two islands that comprise the tiny island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea (African Birdlife 5(1): 10).

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January/February 2023
cause &effect
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cause &effect

Drop in Lesser Kestrel numbers

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January/February 2023
change your tune
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change your tune

Coping with noisy neighbours

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January/February 2023
contact tracing
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contact tracing

Feather lice transmission between seabirds

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January/February 2023
adapt-a-bill
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adapt-a-bill

Yet more cryptic prions

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January/February 2023
Thermal BUFFER
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Thermal BUFFER

Forest birds reveal their physiological secrets

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November/December 2022
Dancers IN THE desert
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Dancers IN THE desert

The return of Ostriches to the Sahara

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November/December 2022
Killer moves
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Killer moves

After two years of being prevented from visiting Mashatu Game Reserve in Botswana because of the pandemic, we were excited to return to this magical wilderness in the first week of December 2021.

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November/December 2022
Wetland wonder
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Wetland wonder

ABOUT 200 KILOMETRES north of Johannesburg and straddling the floodplain of the Nyl River, Nylsvley Nature Reserve is a much-visited birding destination in Limpopo Province.

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November/December 2022
Paradise found?
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Paradise found?

Searching for Taita Falcons in Niassa Special Reserve

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November/December 2022
Trogon travails
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Trogon travails

The trials of nesting Narinas

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November/December 2022
Reno rip-off
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Reno rip-off

It is always fascinating to witness the skill with which Southern Masked Weavers go about building their nests.

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November/December 2022
DE HOOP ror penguins
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DE HOOP ror penguins

For the past five years, BirdLife South Africa has been working to re-establish an African Penguin colony at De Hoop Nature Reserve.

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November/December 2022