Islands in the sun
Glareola nuchalis|Grant Atkinson|photographer|photography|Rock Pratincole
In appreciation: Deon Coetzee
“Bedford Chatsworth Wetland”|Deon Petrus Coetzee|Gideon Petrus Coetzee|Ingula|Malcolm Drummond|Middelpunt Wetland|obituary|pelagic|Sandton Bird Club|SS Symphony
Taking the red-eye flight to KZN: Grey-headed Gull; Sharing conservation stories via weekly webinars; Community bird guides need help; A familiar face in a new role; Expedition to Ethiopia: Studying the White-winged Flufftail; White-winged Flufftail conservation action; New Policy and Advocacy manager; The coarse and the fine combine: SABAP2 and SDM together make a formidable conservation planning tool
“African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement”|”Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus”|”Critical Biodiversity Areas”|”Department of Environment|”Grey-headed Gulls”|”Hanneline Smit-Robinson”|”International Single Species Action Plan”|”Johannesburg Wildlife Hospital”|”Keeping Common Birds Common”|”Melissa Howes-Whitecross”|”Orange Ground Thrush”|”Policy and Advocacy Programme”|”Science and Innovation Programme”|”Species Distribution Models”|ACSA|AEWA|African Penguins|Airports Company South Africa|Albert Froneman|Alistair McInnes|alphanumeric leg rings|Andrew De Blocq|Avitourism Project|Bird Guide Relief Fund|bird rings|Caroline Howes-Whitecross|CBA|conservation|Conservation Conversations|COVID-20|Craig Nattrass|De Hoop Nature Reserve|education|Empowering People Programme|Ernst Retief|Ethiopia|extinction|Forestry and Fisheries”|fundraising|Gareth Chittenden|GSM tracking devices|gull-strike|Lake St Lucia|Landscape Conservation Programme|law|legislation|Lockdown|Mark Anderson|Melissa Hoffmann|Melissa Lewis|Middelpunt Wetland|migration|nests|Oliver Tambo airport|online|OR Tambo international|ORTIA|remote working|Robin Colyn|SABAP3|Sarothrura ayresi|Seabirds Programme|Sergey Dereliev|virtual|webinars|White-winged Flufftail|Zoom
Taking the long view: Long focal lengths when photographing birds
camera|focal length|Grant Atkinson|lens|magnification|photographer|photography|technology|Zoom
Discover birding: So you want to be a birder?
beginner|binoculars|bird club|birding|BirdLasser|COVID-20|field guides|guide|how-to|introduction|John Kinghorn|mobile app|pandemic|social media|Trevor Hardaker|webinars
Bird of the year 2020: Southern Ground-Hornbill. The magic touch
Albert Froneman|David Allan|folklore|Nguni|rainmaker|traditional healers|Xhosa|Zulu
Wild ride: Altasing in the Mara region
“Biosphere Expeditions”|”Southern African Bird Atlas Project”|Alan Lee|BirdLasser|D’Arnaud’s Barbet|Double-toothed Barbet|Grey Crowned Cranes|Kenya|Kenya BirdMap|Maasai|Maasai Mara National Reserve|Mara River|Purple Grenadier|SABAP|Speke’s Weaver|Usambiro Barbet
No entry: Southern Ground-Hornbills thwarted by a terrapin shell
Anthony Lowney|Carina Nebel|Kruger National Park|Raptor Research Foundation
Hot flushes: How Southern Ground-Hornbills keep their cool
“Andries Janse van Vuuren”|”Mabula Ground Hornbill Project”|”University of Pretoria”|Alan Kemp|Andrew McKechnie|beak|climate change|heat loss|heat radiator|heat-intolerant|Lucy Kemp|Marietjie Froneman|Meg Kemp|MGHP|National Zoological Garden|Pretoria|Southern Ground-Hornbill|thermal image|Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
Capturing Kruger
“White-headed Vultures”|bird hide|Black-crowned Night Heron|Chris van Rooyen|Grey Heron|Kruger National Park|Martial Eagle|photography|Pied Kingfishers|Red-billed oxpeckers|tripod