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Fairy Flycatcher (Stenostira scita)

Posted on 22/01/2024 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image: Fairy Flycatcher by Marna Buys – Wonderboom, Gauteng –  BirdPix No. 261347 Identification This species is notable for being one...

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Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius)

Posted on 13/01/2024 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Secretarybird by Johan and Estelle van Rooyen – Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 230151 The Secretarybird...

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Cape Crow (Corvus capensis)

Posted on 10/01/2024 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Cape Crow by Anne Todd – Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 270764 Identification The Cape Crow is a distin...

Archive/Biodiversity/Bird identification/Birding/BirdPix/Birds

Diederik Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius)

Posted on 06/01/2024 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image: Diederik Cuckoo by Sybrand Venter – Woody Cape Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape – BirdPix No. 243119 Identification The Diederik Cuckoo ...

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RAVE : Days 12 and 13 (8 and 9 December 2023)

Posted on 14/12/2023 by Les Underhill

The first week of the RAVE (RAVE = Ringing, Atlasing, Virtual-museuming Expedition) was spent at Botuin, Vanrhynsdorp, and the report on the first four days, is...

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RAVE : Days 8 to 11 (4 to 7 December 2023)

Posted on 08/12/2023 by Les Underhill

On 4 December, the RAVE scene moved to Vondeling Wine Farm, and the eastern edge of the Paardeberg. (RAVE = Ringing, Atlasing, Virtual-museuming Expedition.) Th...

Common waxbill in flight
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RAVE : Days 5, 6 and 7 (1 to 3 December 2023)

Posted on 04/12/2023 by admin

The RAVE continues at Botuin, Vanrhynsdorp. (RAVE = Ringing, Atlasing, Virtual-museuming Expedition.) This is the report on activities on Days 5, 6 and 7, Frida...

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BDInsight – December 2023

Posted on 04/12/2023 by admin

Cover image: Fiery necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralisKarongwe Private Game Reserve, Hoedspruit, Limpopo ProvincePhoto by Douglas Cook Botuin RAVE! RAVE = RI...

Lacewing
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RAVE (Ringing, Atlasing, Virtual-museuming Expedition) : Days 1 to 4 (27 to 30 November 2023)

Posted on 01/12/2023 by Les Underhill

The first data collection spot on the RAVE was the low level bridge across the Olifants River, a kilometer from the turnoff to Algeria on the N7 from Cape Town ...

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Southern Red Bishop (Euplectes orix)

Posted on 28/11/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image by Lia Steen – Lake Chrissie, Mpumalanga – BirdPix No. 236 Identification The Southern Red Bishop is one of the most distinctively pl...

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