God... what kind of low-life feels the need to shoot a Karoo Thrush... or any bird, animal for that matter! Mel Tripp ... From: capebirdnet@yahoogroups.com...
Hi, I still need a picture of a Knysna Warbler and are currently on my way to Wilderness for the weekend. Has anyone had good views of that little bugger in...
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wolf.rohloff@...
May 17, 2012 6:46 pm
Subject: [New post] More Birding Trivia Post : More Birding Trivia URL : http://africanbirding.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/more-birding-trivia/ ...
I don’t know how many of you got this message – worthwhile following them on Twitter – it won’t take you long, and supports a brilliant organisation! ...
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Guy Louw
jay@...
May 18, 2012 12:42 pm
At about 12h15 today, we had a lovely sighting of a pair of Pale Chanting Goshawks sitting on the telephone poles next to the Malagas / Infanta gravel road,...
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Jo Johnson
catcher@...
May 18, 2012 6:12 pm
Firstly the bird was shot as part of a “crop protection” exercise. At least the farmer took the trouble to report the recovery to Safring but whether or...
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wolf.rohloff@...
May 18, 2012 6:52 pm
Subject: New post Birding Trivia – Owls Post : Birding Trivia – Owls URL :...
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Anne Gray
gray-ad@...
May 20, 2012 8:11 am
Hi Everyone Anne Albatross Pelagic trip out of Simon's Town Monday 21 May , good weather forecast after a weekend of high seas, very special price for last...
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Jessie Blackshaw
jessieblac@...
May 21, 2012 8:02 am
Would someone be able to identify this bird I saw at Rooisand on 28 March? Thought it may be a knot or a curlew sandpiper starting its breeding plumage. ...
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Jessie Blackshaw
jessieblac@...
May 21, 2012 8:03 am
Would someone be able to identify this bird I saw at Rooisand on 28 March? Thought it may be a knot or a curlew sandpiper starting its breeding plumage. ...
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Jessie Blackshaw
jessieblac@...
May 21, 2012 8:09 am
Would someone be able to identify this bird I saw at Rooisand on 28 March? Thought it may be a knot or a curlew sandpiper starting its breeding plumage. ...
Hi Jessie I'd say it's a Curlew Sandpiper. The Knot's bill would be shorter and stouter. Cheers Wayne 072-311 6156 ________________________________ From:...
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Pierre Hofmeyr
phofmeyr@...
May 21, 2012 8:31 am
Hi, Jessie, I have little doubt that it's a Curlew Sandpiper starting breeding plumage. The bill is too long for a Knot which also has greenish legs in all...
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Dale Wright
westerncape@...
May 21, 2012 2:48 pm
Calling all pro and amateur photographers! We are launching the IBA Photo competition this weekend at the Sasol Birds & Birding Fair (Jhb Zoo). Help make our...
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wolf.rohloff@...
May 22, 2012 7:14 pm
Interesting new trivia on my blog. Http://africanbirding.wordpress.com/ Sent from my Nokia phone Sent: 18/05/2012 8:50:02 pm Subject: [New post] Birding...
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Anne Gray
gray-ad@...
May 23, 2012 8:54 am
*_Anne albatross Pelagic trip report 21/5/2012_* __ We set out on the Destiny from Simonstown Harbour into a choppy False Bay with Vince Ward doing the pelagic...
I had a number of flights out of Cape Town International the past couple of weeks and this morning (as with the previous visits) it seems that the number of...
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Pat Waddell
epw@...
May 23, 2012 2:04 pm
Hi Birders, While walking this morning, I was surprised and pleased to see a Bank Cormorant (Phalacrocorax neglectus) flying past at Green Point Lighthouse. ...
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Johann Strauss
johann@...
May 23, 2012 4:43 pm
Hi All, I cannot recall ever seeing a Jackal Buzzard on a rooftop in the middle of suburbia (or any rooftop for that matter!) up until yesterday, when I saw ...
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Lesley Teare
lesteare@...
May 23, 2012 5:48 pm
The City of Cape Town has an ongoing programme to reduce the numbers. See the information below about the programme and who to contact if you do see any of...
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signet@...
May 24, 2012 5:54 am
Hi Johan, I spend quite a bit of time watching JB's on the peninsula and have never seen them perch on the roof or any part of a building before. I have seen...
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Johann Strauss
johann@...
May 24, 2012 7:03 am
Hi Lucia, We are within 200m from the fringe bordering the Hemel-en-Aarde valley. A hillside with large pine trees borders the estate where we live and I ...
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John Magner
johnmagner@...
May 24, 2012 5:00 pm
Hi all, I have a pair of JB's nesting close to the edge of the estate on which I live near Stellenbosch, and I have seen them perch on the rooftops of houses...
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Neil Blackshaw
neilblac@...
May 25, 2012 8:27 pm
This morning Jessie and I had a fleeting glimpse of a raptor soaring fairly low over our house in Doordrift Road, Constantia. The underparts - wings, tail and...
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westerncape@...
May 25, 2012 8:40 pm
Hi Neil, Perhaps it was a Black Sparrowhawk? The fitzpatrick institute has a masters project looking at different colour morphs of this species. And the...
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Ann & Johan Koeslag
annkoeslag@...
May 26, 2012 6:16 am
Hi All, I haven't applied myself to this yet because it is too early, but I just want to say that Jessie and Neil know Black Sparrowhawks really well because ...
Greetings birders, I posted a note a little while ago about this "challenge" that Margaret and I were doing in the Western Cape where we were trying to see and...
Birders and atlasers We are planning a second group atlasing outing to the Knersvlakte area around Graatjiesgat in the extreme northern parts of the Western...
Hi everyone. Next week will be my 10th visit to Cape Town and I still haven't seen a Ground Woodpecker although I really have tried. I'd love to hear from...
