July / Julie 2009

From our organiser Dear Members

It’s been just over two years since I moved up to Pretoria from Richards Bay. As Chairman of BirdLife Zululand I was actively involved in the various activities of the club. Since moving to the city, the pace of life has increased somewhat. Instead of my usual albatross way of life, floating on the breeze and going where the wind takes me, I’ve found myself darting around like a stressed out prinia. This is the reason that I volunteered as a member of the Committee for 2009. ‘What kind of daft logic is that?’ I hear you say, ‘the poor girl has lost her bearings and migrated backwards’. Well as the programme coordinator I’ll be able to get involved in the activities again, get into the bush, dust off the bino’s and start seeing some birds.

As enthusiastic as I am about being the new programme coordinator, I need to be clear about the fact that we (the programme sub-committee and outing leaders) are not professional event coordinators, travel agents or bird guides, we are volunteers who love birding and want to share that passion with you. I am very grateful to Pauline and Anne who have once again volunteered to work on the sub-committee. I am sure we will work well together to bring you varied and exciting activities in the future. If you have any ideas for activities or outings that you’d like to do or venues to visit please contact and let me know. Thank you to Debbie for this last programme that she has put together before handing over to me.

I look forward to meeting you all in the future.

Regards

Amanda Haggett-Haagner
BLNG Programme Coordinator

July / Julie 2009