Observations over the summer of 2023 at the same
Eastern Cape forest-edge nest site as previously
reported in African Birdlife reveal two successful
Narina Trogon broods, together with further insights
into the species’ breeding behaviour.
African Grass Owl|Anton van Niekerk|bird banding|breeding|chicks|Endangered Wildlife Trust|EWT|GEKCO|Greater Kyalami Conservancy|Mike Pope|Neil Puntis|nest|Pied Crow|SAFRING|South African Bird Ringing Unit|Tyto capensis
Arjun Amar|Athol Abdo|Black Sparrowhawk|Blue-billed Teal|chicks|Clayton Botkin|eggs|Frank Willems|Harriet Nimmo|International Wild Waterfowl Association|IWWA|Julia van Velden|Long-crested Eagle|mites|nest|Peter Ryan|Spatula hottentota|Spotted thick-knee|waterbirds|Wattled Crane|Werner Smit|What’s in a name|Zambia
Andile Mdluli|Ardenna tenuirostris|Bethany Clark|Birdlife International|Cape Cormorant|chicks|CSIRO|Department of Forestry|DFFE|Fisheries and the Environment|GPS tracking|Kelp Gull|Lauren Roman|mass mortality|migrating seabirds|Morus bassanus|Northern Gannets|plastic|pumice|Robben Island|Sacred Ibis|SANCCOB|Scott Bryan|Short-tailed Shearwaters|Stephen Votier|Two Oceans Aquarium
breeding|chicks|eaglet|Joy le Roux|nest|Peter Steyn|Pietman Muller|Wahlberg’s Eagle
chicks|Kori Bustard|Near Threatened|photography|Richard du Toit
Despite being the largest owl species in the region and sporting characteristic bright pink eyelids,
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owls Bubo lacteus can be surprisingly difficult to find in the wild. It was a colleague
of mine, Callum Evans, who first pointed out an eagle-owl nest to me on 1 August 2020 in Mawana
Game Reserve in northern KwaZulu-Natal. I had seen an adult and a sub-adult in the vicinity a few
days before and had thought there might be a nest somewhere, but I hadn’t been able to locate it.