Why studying African birds’ varied migration patterns is so important
A white-throated swallow, one of several intra-African migratory birds. Photo credit: MartinMaritz/Shutterstock -oo0oo- Les Underhill recently published this pi...
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Birds and barbed wire
Birds and barbed wire – by Les Underhill Barbed wire was invented in America in the 1860s, and used to keep cattle inside of camps, or outside of crops. W...
International Citizen Science Day in The Company’s Garden
International Citizen Science Day in The Company’s Garden – by Les Underhill All but one of the thousands of people in The Company’s Garden, in the heart ...
BDIgest Saturday, 14 April 2018
Predation risk and plasticity in vigilance behaviour headline our pick of recent research this week. We continue the predation risk theme with an example of cli...
Paardeberg site report – 2018/04/07
By Les Underhill. Photo credits: Les Underhill & Dieter Oschadleus Team BDI explored the northwest corner of the Paardeberg on Saturday 7 April 2018. We vis...
BDIgest Friday, 6 April 2018
This week, we take a look at a fascinating study on a migratory bird and how the authors teased out potential drivers of population trends. We also see an inter...
Lacewings at Little England, Beaufort West
Report by Les Underhill Lacewings are not one of the charismatic groups of insects, and have been poorly studied. They consume aphids and do pollination, so the...
Bird ringing report – Paardeberg 2018/03/28
Cape robin-chat – Virtual Museum record Report by Dieter Oschadleus The Paardeberg stands out as a mountainous island in an agricultural landscape between...
BDIgest Friday, 30 March 2018
In this week’s digest of research that caught our attention, we look at socio-economic and development issues associated with background climate oscillati...