African Birdlife (May / June 2022)

Leaving a legacy

Inbox: West Coast surprise; Bee-eater bonanza; Pick-up sticks; Expect the unexpected; Superstar survivor

Follow your leader; Rest and recover: The diverse functions of stopovers for migrants; Breaking point: Widespread decline of Kenya’s raptors; Pride of place: Mauritius Kestrel designatedofficial national bird; Conserving forest birds: The benefits of protected area status; Too soon to panic; Are false-alarm flights beneficial?; Spreading south: Cape White-eye species

Gough Island blues

Sightings in the subregion

Gone, but not forgotten: finding the Laughing Gull

Ripple effect

The great divide: Birding the Swartberg Pass

The other Angola: Atlasing in the Eastern Cape

Seeing the wood for the trees: Widespread responses of birds to woody encroachment

Outward bound: Maputo National Park, Mozambique

Phantoms of White River

Summer flush: Daddy daycare; Delivering the goods

Blindsided: Adventures in a floating hide

Ocean wanderers

Deep south: Flock to Marion 2022; Guides ahoy!; Listers at sea; Welcome, Nandi; 20 years young: Birdlife Overberg; The first 30 years: stalwarts of White-winged Flufftail conservation

Showcase

Battlefiled birding