African Birdlife (January / February 2022)

Bird of the year 2022

Egg boxed; Dalliance; Pumping Pretoriuskop; Vulture 'restaurants'; Slam dunk

Urban perils: House Sparrows on the decline; Toxic overload: you are what you eat; Shape-shifting: birds responding to heat stress; On track: hidden diversity in Bar-tailed Godwits; Tern around

Fast food failure

Sightings in the subregion

Far and Wide: road-tripping in Namibia

Million hours milestone

Free for All

Kicking off

Clear and present dangers

Ringing in the changes: Sandwich terns in South Africa

Throwing shade: the challenges of photographing in a forest

Sharp shooting: Canon’s RF 100–500mm zoom lens

Twitter feed

Birdlife South Africa News: Don't be listless: keep a list; More grassland protected: Upper Wilge Protected Environment; Two seasons and counting: Conservation Conversations; Protection outside protected areas; In Memoriam: Tony Wood (1954-2021); Call for nominations: Austin Roberts Memorial Award, Gill Memorial Medal Award; Birds of a feather

Eye spy