As it is school holidays, Nature’s Valley Trust offered a holiday
program, and Friday was the bird ringing day. So about 10 kids and a variety of
parents, interns and volunteers met at Nature’s Valley for some avian
education! We caught a total of 12 birds, and it was such a wonderfully
enjoyable and relaxed morning. There was no pressure, no time limit, and we had
a keen audience. First bird in the net was a Knysna Woodpecker, a new species
for Mark (!) and I, super stoked! And we got some beautiful male Greater
Double-collared Sunbirds which was a new species for me. All in all it was a
stunning morning and the budding ornithologists went home, brimming with
knowledge and news!
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| Mark talking about the woodpecker. |
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| Beautiful Knysna Woodpecker! |
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| Greater Double-collared Sunbird. |
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| Colour ringed Cape Robin-Chat. Photo by Mark Brown. |
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