Members meet on the third Wednesday of every month in the Manor House Auditorium at Waterfall Hills Estate. The meetings start at 17h30 for 18h00 and last an hour, during which time an invited speaker gives a presentation on a bird- or conservation-related topic and answers questions during and after the talk. Guided walks are arranged within the Waterfall Estates, which boast 37km of paved walkways meandering through green corridors and along the Jukskei River.

• Some of them were nearly as large square as an ordinary parlor.
• The price of the book, which can only be ordered from , is R300 with delivery additional (depending on the buyer’s delivery preference).
• This year we will also be partnering with BirdLife Species Guardians the Mabula Ground Hornbill Project, a team of dedicated conservationists led by Dr Lucy Kemp that is working hard to protect, preserve and promote the Southern Ground-Hornbill across southern Africa and beyond.
• We do understand that we have taken a stance on a topic that is viewed by some as contentious and have thus opened ourselves up for criticism.
• But finally Jack found an ice-cream saloon, and that closed investigations for that evening.

Firstly, ecological monitor Charli de Vos drove and guided us every day, having adjusted her own busy schedule. We are very grateful for her invaluable assistance over the four days we spent looking for the eagles. Even the reserve’s manager, Simon Naylor, made time to see reviews join in the search. Some mornings there were as many as three vehicles out in the bush, their occupants all looking and listening for our elusive quarry. We could not have wished for more support or a more capable team. But to catch the forest phantoms that are Southern Banded Snake Eagles you sometimes need more than a capable team – like a fisherman, you need time, patience and luck.

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The streets ran rivers and the hotel floor was flooded with water. When the storm finished and left every body drenched through and through, and melancholy and half-drowned, the ascensionists came down from the mountain as dry as so many charity-sermons! They had been looking down upon the fearful storm going on below, and really believed that their proposed destruction of the world was proving a grand success. The Governor-General came, and we received him with a salute of nine guns. I observed that carpets were spread from the pier-head to his carriage for him to walk on, though I have seen him walk there without any carpet when he was not on business.

The cruise liner will travel into the Southern Ocean towards Marion Island and we expect both the birding and the cetacean watching to be superb. We are talking about possible sightings of 11 different albatrosses, five penguin species, 16 petrel and seven storm petrel species and seven each of prions and shearwaters, not to mention 16 whale and dolphin species. To help us find all of these, BirdLife South Africa has arranged for 40 specialist bird and cetacean guides to be on hand during the voyage and we have the generous support of some of South Africa’s – and indeed the world’s – top bird guiding companies. Fortunate to have grown up in a family that loved the outdoors and nature, Bronwyn chose the sciences and conservation when the time came to decide what to study.

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This brightly colored feeder is easy to clean and has built-in insect deterrents to keep pests at bay. Condition – Choose a gently used or new bird feeder. With hardware – This allows for mounting or hanging of the bird feeder station. If you have a problem with squirrels on your feeders, place them several feet away from surfaces like tree branches and fences to prevent the critters from jumping onto the feeder. Attract songbirds like cardinals and chickadees with this tube feeder, which you can fill with black oil sunflower seeds. The cage closes over the feeding ports when a squirrel climbs on the feeder, preventing them from eating seeds.

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They made such a preposterous din that persons aboard our ship said they could tell how we were progressing for a long time, and where we were, by the barking of the dogs. When we had made the whole circuit, and were passing among the houses on the further side of the town, the moon came out splendidly, but we no longer feared the light. As we approached a well, near a house, to get a drink, the owner merely glanced at us and went within.

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As the area is not far from the Sneeuberge Protected Environment, once the project is completed it will contribute immeasurably to the formal protection of the valuable grasslands of the Eastern Free State. Marion Island is a truly amazing place of unique and extraordinary barren beauty lit up in shades of green, with iron-red koppies, black scoria lava flows and impressive rock formations capped by snow-clad mountains. To have witnessed the graceful courtship dance of Wandering Albatrosses or a Grey-headed Albatross gently grooming its chick is a privilege I share with very few. Guest presentations were delivered by Stephen Koseff, CEO of Investec; Mark Read, former CEO of WWF; and Jacques du Bruyn, MD of Flume digital marketing agency, which is partnering with BirdLife South Africa on an upcoming ad campaign. The staff also had the opportunity to interact with members of the board at a social evening at Isdell House. Other social activities included the annual staff meeting pub quiz and a birding walk at Roodevallei.

We form rather more than half the list of white passengers on board a small steamer bound for the venerable Moorish town of Tangier, Africa. Nothing could be more absolutely certain than that we are enjoying ourselves. One can not do otherwise who speeds over these sparkling waters and breathes the soft atmosphere of this sunny land. The ship was gaining a full hour every three days, and this fellow was trying to make his watch go fast enough to keep up to her. But, as he had said, he had pushed the regulator up as far as it would go, and the watch was “on its best gait,” and so nothing was left him but to fold his hands and see the ship beat the race. We sent him to the captain, and he explained to him the mystery of “ship time” and set his troubled mind at rest.

I originally got guineas as a fox deterrent to protect the chicken. I would suggest anyone who’s looking for guineas make sure they know the breeding stock they came from. If you do that, you won’t have the problems with them that so many have.

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For a crowd-pleasing snack, try this oh-so-sweet candy popcorn set from Harry & David. It offers a salty and sweet treat with both classic caramel and milk chocolate flavors. Candy is a classic Secret Santa gift—but what if you don’t know what your recipient likes? This genius service lets you prepay for a candy box, then the giftee picks out all of his favorites. Take happy hour to the next level with a YETI insulated pint glass. We love the easy-to-use sliding lid and durable vacuum insulation that keeps beverages at their peak temperature.