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Population densities of woodland bird species at the Pretoria National Botanical Garden
Get PDFThe aims of the study were to determine the structure of the bird community in semi-natural woodland and grassland at the Pretoria National Botanical garden and contrast it with that of the suburban environment of Groenkloof, Pretoria
2528AB Pienaarsrivier - Analysis of SABAP1 and SABAP2 data for the quarter degree square
Get PDFThis paper attempts to explain the changes in bird distribution and reporting rates between the two projects for the Pienaarsrivier Quarter Degree Square ..
Three-banded Courser chicks hatching - eye witness report
Get PDFWe all trained our binoculars on the bird and after a while it briefly stood up. This allowed us to notice that the bird had a tiny chick beneath it
Foraging frenzy: more than 50 raptors at a termite swarm
Get PDFIn January 2009, in the middle of the rainy season, we observed a Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax next to a Hooded Vulture Nycrosertes monachus feeding on what we thought were insects in the green grass near Ngweshla pan grass near Ngweshla pa
Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup building a nest in a Quiver Tree Aloe dichotoma in the Namibian plains
No full textthe starlings had built a nest in the fork of a smaller, well-branched quiver tre
Seasonal and altitudinal variations in an avian assemblage in an inselberg Olea-Buddleia vegetation in the dry Cymbopogon-Themeda grassveld, South Africa
Get PDFStudies were conducted in the Fanklin Game Reserve. The reserve was proclaimed in 1928 at Naval Hill in the centre of Bloemfontein city, South Africa (S29.09986 E26.23102). This reserve in a city centre to be known in the world
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea "spearfishing" swifts?
Get PDFA Grey Heron Ardea cinerea was observed during the early hours of the morning of 28 September 2012 on the Bloemhof Dam, within its namesake Nature Reserve, feeding on a Little Swift Apus affinis
First recorded sighting of White-breasted Cuckooshrike in Gauteng?
Get PDFWe identified the bird as a White-breasted Cuckooshrik
Two Kalahari Scrub Robins mobbing a Puff Adder
Get PDFWe halted about 5-6 m away, chasing the birds about 20 meters further, whereas the snake remained still on the red sand
Photos of weaver nests: PHOWN progress report to December 2012
Get PDFThe weavers (Ploceidae) are arguably the most interesting family of birds on the continent of Africa, from a variety of perspectives