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Kite flying
Black-winged Kite’s breeding cycle
6 min |
January - February 2020
African Birdlife
Reviews Canon EOS 90D
Canon’s new EOS 90D is a DSLR camera equipped with an APS-C sensor (crop sensor) and an impressive array of features.
4 min |
January - February 2020
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THE MORE THINGS change...
The Aldabra White-throated Rail Dryolimnas [cuvieri] aldabranus is the only flightless bird that still survives in the Indian Ocean.
2 min |
January - February 2020
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Mix & Match
Hybrid Orange-breasted x Southern Double-collared Sunbird
3 min |
January - February 2020
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Under Cover
First Ayres’s Hawk Eagle breeding record for South Africa
4 min |
January - February 2020
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Sightings In The Subregion
Mid-July to mid-September 2019 Late winter and early spring were memorable for one main reason: a new species for the southern African subregion. There were a few other good records, but they paled in comparison…
3 min |
November 2019
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Roller Coaster Ride
European Rollers – like so many other species – face a multitude of challenges on migration
4 min |
November 2019
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Life Cycles
Verreaux’s Eagles at the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden
3 min |
November 2019
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Highland Highlights - Ngorongoro, Tanzania
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) in Tanzania is a protected area and a World Heritage Site, with the crater its most famous landmark and attraction.
4 min |
November 2019
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Get Ticking
Checklist of Birds in South Africa 2020
1 min |
November 2019
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Above & Beyond
Overachievers in the bird world
7 min |
November 2019
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10 Years Of The Hot Birds Project
In mid-2009, the late Phil Hockey – then director of the Fitztitute – and Andrew McKechnie of the University of Pretoria (UP) spent two days in Phil’s office developing a research programme focusing on desert birds and climate change.
3 min |
November 2019
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Rwanda Revival
Akagera & Nyungwe national parks.
5 min |
September/October 2019
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Six Of The Best
Spring birding destinations in and around Gauteng.
7 min |
September/October 2019
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Rinse & Repeat
Goliath Heron fishing behaviour.
3 min |
September/October 2019
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Benguela Blues
Why are southern Africa’s iconic coastal birds facing extinction?
8 min |
September/October 2019
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Keep Watching...
IT IS SAID that more than 11 trillion images are taken every year.
3 min |
September/October 2019
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Focus Close To Home
We’ve all been there. You check your social media accounts and scroll through the birdwatching groups, see remarkable photographs of birds and wonder if you could ever take something similar; you review your recent images from the local nature reserve and ponder how other photographers manage to get the birds to sit still and pose like supermodels; you admire the lighting showing the bird’s colors to best advantage.
4 min |
September/October 2019
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A Place To Feel The Clouds
Expedition to Mahimborondro.
5 min |
September/October 2019
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Water-Wise Gardening
Water-Wise Gardening
4 min |
March/April 2018
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Twitter Feed
Twitter Feed
1 min |
March/April 2018
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Floating Wetlands
Small steps can make a big difference
2 min |
March/April 2018
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A New Approach
BIRDING BIG DAY 2017
5 min |
March/April 2018
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Workshops To Save Seabirds
Workshops To Save Seabirds
3 min |
March/April 2018
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Conserving African Penguins
Conserving African Penguins
4 min |
March/April 2018
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Feeling Broody
Miombo Double-collared Sunbird
2 min |
March/April 2018
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Caught Off-Guard
Caught Off-Guard
1 min |
March/April 2018
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Helpful Stranger?
Helpful Stranger?
1 min |
March/April 2018
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Fired up
Grass Owls’ narrow escape
5 min |
November - December 2016
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Hunger Strikes
Some opportunistic birds in the arid Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park have learnt to take advantage of other birds congregating at waterholes.
3 min |