The late summer period naturally
started quietening down after
the midsummer excitement, but
there were still some classy rarities
on offer for birders all over
the subregion. As always, none
of the records included here have
been adjudicated by any of the
subregion’s Rarities Committees.
To stem the African Penguin’s
slide to extinction, government
support for optimal no-take
zones around South Africa’s
penguin colonies is critical.
BirdLife South Africa’s Seabird
Conservation team explains the
imperative for implementing
effective island closures in a bid
to save the species.
Keith Barnes, co-author of the new Field
Guide to Birds of Greater Southern Africa,
chats about the long-neglected birding
regions just north of the Kunene and
Zambezi, getting back to watching birds,
and the vulture that changed his life.