Originally posted on Bonsai & Yamadori from Tony Tickle:
I have more than my fair share of cascade and semi cascade bonsai, here is a selection of the smaller ones photographed today including Yew, Communis Juniper and Olive. They are all still in development (maybe the olive is finished) They are super trees to work but difficult to transport to shows, typically I have to… Continue reading Cascade Bonsai Cavalcade

Originally posted on Hermanus Bird Club:
Africa’s only native penguin species is inching towards extinction due to local food shortages. Conservationists are now trying to reconnect penguin and prey African Penguins © Shutterstock By Christina Hagen Penguin: the word elicits images of snowy landscapes, icebergs and tightly huddled groups of penguins bracing the harshest of elements. One penguin species that bucks this cold climate trend… Continue reading Saving Africa’s only native penguin species

Originally posted on Hermanus Bird Club:
Members are reminded that Giselle Murison, Project Manager for the Western Cape Estuaries Conservation Project, will be addressing us on the 19th.  The meeting will start at 18h00 so as to allow extra time to discuss possible affiliation with BirdLife SA. Western Cape Estuaries Conservation Project South Africa’s estuaries are one of the country’s most productive habitats. Known for… Continue reading April Meeting – ‘Western Cape Estuaries’

http://www.livescience.com/57177-oldest-mother-albatross-expecting-again.html Continue reading World’s Oldest Wild Breeding Bird Is Expecting Her 41st Chick

Originally posted on Dear Kitty. Some blog:
https://youtu.be/aoVee6cqkGc This video says about itself: 14 September 2015 At Hakodate, Japan – After their early morning feeding, these seabirds are grooming their feathers and taking a rest, along that huge motionless breakwater. From BirdLife: Japan is home to one third of all seabirds – so we mapped its waters By Alex Dale, 7 Feb 2017 Japan is… Continue reading Japanese seabird conservation

http://www.birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?a=6307 Continue reading Research: Habitat loss is driving declines in East Asian shorebirds

http://www.birdlife.org/africa/news/saving-africas-only-native-penguin-species Continue reading Saving Africa’s only native penguin species | BirdLife

http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/news/7-projects-led-young-conservationists-are-changing-avian-world?utm_source=BirdLife+International+News+Notifications&utm_campaign=5bf2ca92f5-Summary_news_notification&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4122f13b8a-5bf2ca92f5-131696773&goal=0_4122f13b8a-5bf2ca92f5-131696773&mc_cid=5bf2ca92f5&mc_eid=766054e2dd Continue reading 7 projects led by young conservationists that are changing the avian world | BirdLife