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First record of a Great Reed Warbler on the Prince Edward Islands
Get PDFThe bird was extremely skittish, but kept to the same approximate area along the rocky shore..
Range limits of the Sociable Weaver
Get PDFThe southern global limit of the Sociable Weaver was found by Richard Brooke, while atlasing in 1990... What has happened since that tim
European Honey Buzzard feeding on Yellow Jacket Vespula germanica combs in Wellington, Western Cape
No full textThe bird was disturbed by some workers who were walking (and then running!) past the nest
Observations of African Jacanas at Rooidam, Bloemfontein
Get PDFThe following observations of African Jacanas during regular SABAP2 surveys in pentad 2910_2610 outside Bloemfontein are of interest
Food gardening in Lavender Hill, Cape Town: using adoption rates to estimate the perceived benefit
Get PDFThis paper assesses the potential benefits derived from homestead-based urban agriculture as well as the constraints faced with implementation. A public benefit organisation, Soil for Life, provided access to the Lavender Hill Community. Fifty participants in the Mothers Unite programme were interviewed. The mean household in the dataset reported a per capita disposable income below the official poverty line and none of the households in the sample were able to buy the recommended five a day fruit and vegetables in the formal market. If these households could become self-sufficient in vegetables they would free up an average of 11% of household income for other expenditures. Despite the great potential of food gardening to relieve food insecurity, and despite respondents identifying with the opportunity to also produce small amounts of vegetables for sale, two thirds of the group have not tried it. The group’s lack of gardening experience was patently clear from the factors identified as barriers to adoption. Respondents cited a lack of space and limited cash flow, but people were not really concerned about the cost of water or compost, both crucial factors for success. While it is interesting to know that there is still untapped potential for expanding the program in the area, it is more important to focus future work on why beneficiaries have dropped out of existing programmes
"Floating" Grey Heron?
Get PDFCould this be a case of evolution, adaption or just lateral thinking by the herons
Observations of Swee Waxbill interactions with Pin-tailed Whydahs
Get PDFWe believe the two resident birds occupying the roosting nest had evicted the two intruders which evidently attempted to share this nest
Does Haldane's Rule apply to hybrid Cut-throat x Red-headed Finches?
Get PDFOn Saturday 9 August 2014 we observed a male Cut-throat x Red-headed Finch hybrid at a feeder in our garden in Polokwane
A photo report: close encounter of the cuckoo kind!
Get PDFthe egg was not the usual blue colour of the Southern Red Bishop, which is the same colour that the cuckoo is supposed to lay for that host
Egyptian Geese nesting in Secretarybird nests
Get PDFThis raises the question if the Egyptian Goose can be considered a threat to Secretarybirds