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Cape Sugarbird (Promerops cafer)

Posted on 26/08/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image by Marna Buys – Kirstenbosch, Western Cape – BirdPix No. 61050 Cape Sugarbird Identification The Cape Sugarbird is a very distin...

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Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus tricolor)

Posted on 23/08/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Common Bulbul by Lia Steen – Shellybeach, KwaZulu-Natal Identification The Common or Dark-capped Bulbul is a distinctive and easily rec...

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African Red-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus nigricans)

Posted on 16/08/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of African Red-eyed Bulbul by Jon Blanco – Karoo Gariep Nature Reserve, Northern Cape Identification The African Red-eyed Bulbul is an eas...

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Bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus)

Posted on 07/08/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Bokmakierie by Ryan Tippett – Carnarvon District, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 114349 Identification The Bokmakierie should be fami...

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Greater Kestrel (Falco rupicoloides)

Posted on 26/07/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image Greater Kestrel by Sybrand Venter – Carnarvon district, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 246605 Identification The Greater Kestrel is a sm...

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Pale Chanting Goshawk (Melierax canorus)

Posted on 21/07/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Pale Chanting Goshawk by Ryan Tippett – Carnarvon district, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 60801 Identification The Pale Chanting Gos...

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Capped Wheatear (Oenanthe pileata)

Posted on 17/07/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Capped Wheatear by Sybrand Venter – Near Carnarvon, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 219360 Identification The Capped Wheatear is a str...

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Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)

Posted on 07/07/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image of Crowned Lapwing by Pieter Cronje – Moreleta Kloof Nature Reserve, Gauteng – BirdPix No. 89394 Identification The Crowned Lapwing i...

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Bird ringing course at Botuin : 28 June to 4 July 2023

Posted on 05/07/2023 by Dieter Oschadleus

Although mid winter, we had a great bird ringing course at Botuin, in Vanrhynsdorp. The days were shorter and colder, and the migrants had left (except for one!...

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Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus)

Posted on 28/06/2023 by Ryan Tippett

Cover image by Sybrand Venter – Carnarvon district, Northern Cape – BirdPix No. 233365 Identification The Blacksmith Lapwing is a boldly marked a...

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