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 a woodpecker's tongue. |
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| Awesome Knysna Woodpecker! |
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| Greater Double-collared Sunbird. |
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| Cape Robin-Chat with a colour ring. Photo by Mark Brown. |
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