Originally posted on Hermanus Bird Club:
Leon Viljoen, in his talk last night, stressed the point that one way to ensure species conservation is to champion a particular species that is common to our area, with which visitors could identify and recognise, even go on tours to see. We already have the Whale and the area is popularly described as the Whale Coast. Why not… Continue reading What can we Champion?
Originally posted on Hermanus Bird Club:
The next CWAC count will take place on Saturday 9 July starting at Grotto Beach carpark next to the picnic site at 08h00. We will again split into 2 teams to do the inland and ocean site of the estuary. Will volunteers please contact either Ed Meyer or Mike Kokot. Continue reading CWAC Volunteers required
Originally posted on wadertales:
More and more trees are being planted in lowland Iceland – and further increases are planned, in part encouraged by the suggestion that this will mitigate for climate change. Forestry is potentially bad news for Whimbrel, Black-tailed Godwit and other waders that breed in open habitats, and which migrate south to Europe and Africa each autumn. Are there ways to accommodate… Continue reading Iceland’s waders need a strategic forestry plan
Originally posted on Something Over Tea:
It is at this time of the year that the Cape Honeysuckle puts on a fine show of cheerful bright orange flowers so beloved by sunbirds, weavers, Cape White-eyes, bees and butterflies. Aloes vie for space among the crassulas plants edging our swimming pool. They too provide cheer and attract the Greater Double-collared sunbirds, weavers, Black-headed orioles, and Black-eyed… Continue reading MY JUNE 2022 GARDEN
Originally posted on Something Over Tea:
Over the past four years a pair of rather handsome looking Southern Boubous have made their home either in or very close to our garden. At first I used to see them very rarely and then seldom for long enough to photograph them. Over the past year they have visited the feeding area more frequently to see what is… Continue reading SOUTHERN BOUBOU IV
Originally posted on Something Over Tea:
Hapoor Waterhole in the Addo Elephant National Park Continue reading WAIT FOR ME!
Originally posted on Something Over Tea:
After an absence of several weeks, Spotty the Common Fiscal has started visiting the garden again. It is still very wary – probably because of the cats next door – yet is gradually coming ever closer to where I am sitting. In these photographs Spotty is perched on a nearby branch: you can clearly see the hooked beak, the… Continue reading SPOTTY AGAIN
Originally posted on Kitora no do:
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Originally posted on Kitora no do:
Kitora no do View original post Continue reading Pinus sylvestris tokokazari
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