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Monday, 7 February 2011

African Bird of Prey Sanctuary — A must visit for everyone

Cape Eagle Owl

Cape Eagle Owl

My interest in birds of prey began at the age of 11 when a school out­ing to CROW (Centre for Rehabilitation of Wildlife) in Durban left me mar­vel­ling at the beauty and strength of these mag­ni­fi­cent pred­at­ors of the air. Soon I was read­ing up on every type of bird of prey you could ima­gine and the more I read the more my interest grew. Within the space of a few months, I was able to identify the vari­ous rap­tors that I came across in the area sur­round­ing our fam­ily home and school and my find­ings often became the topic of many a school oral. However, as time passed and the pres­sures and dis­trac­tions of life took their toll my new­found interest waned although it was by no means extin­guished ... Continued

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Sunday, 9 October 2005

South Africa for Birders

Jackal Buzzard

Jackal Buzzard

South Africa ranks as one of the top bird­ing des­tin­a­tions in the world. An incom­par­able com­bin­a­tion of vari­ety of birds, first class South African hotels and accom­mod­a­tion facil­it­ies, an excel­lent net­work of internal air­line routes and a mul­ti­tude of car hire com­pan­ies (includ­ing the large inter­na­tion­als) and a sup­port­ive avi-tourism industry makes South Africa one of the most desir­able bird­ing des­tin­a­tions in the world.

Birders from around the world come to exper­i­ence both the great vari­ety of typ­ic­ally African birds, migrants, and endemic birds. These birders enjoy excel­lent bird­ing, whether they are with an organ­ised com­mer­cial bird­ing tour or are tour­ing inde­pend­ently. Of the +/- 850 bird spe­cies recor­ded in South Africa, about 725 are res­id­ent or annual vis­it­ors, and 50 of these are endemic or near-endemic to South Africa, and can only be seen in South Africa. Apart from the res­id­ent birds, South Africa hosts a num­ber of intra-African migrants such as cuckoos and king­fish­ers, as well as birds from the Arctic, Europe, Central Asia, China and Antarctica dur­ing the year.

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