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Written by Pauline Leinberger
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Wednesday, 15 April 2009 19:46 |
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The second trip I undertook with our club was to Vogelfontein near Naboomspruit. Part or the Nyl flood plain, this area was and still is a mecca for birders. The Nyl river (so named as it was once believed to be the source of the great Nile river) rises in the foothills of the Waterberg between Nylstroom and Warmbaths and on reaching flat ground near Nylsvley Nature Reserve, spreads and covers a large area when there have been good rains in the catchment area.
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Written by Pauline Leinberger
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Wednesday, 15 April 2009 19:44 |
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My very first “camp” with the NTOS, as our club was known in those days, was to Magoebaskloof. This was an area that had intrigued me for some time. I had heard of the Cherry Blossoms of Cheerio Halt but hadn’t realized what a wealth of history was to be found among the mountains between Tzaneen and Pietersburg. |
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Written by Pauline Leinberger
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Wednesday, 15 April 2009 19:42 |
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Birding was not as fashionable a hobby in the 70s as it is today. Only yesterday I saw a piece about a South African birder who has seen 7000 species of birds. This is quite a frightening figure if you look at it in context. There are only 920 species in South Africa. |
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Written by Kevin Ravno
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Tuesday, 17 March 2009 21:39 |
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The annual Pels Fishing Owl Survey along the Olifants river in central Kruger NP took place from 22-25 June 2008 with the aim of gathering data about a number of species such as Raptors, Storks, Lapwings, Hippos and of course the Owls. |
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Written by Pauline Leinberger
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At the beginning of these adventures I mentioned the Chev Fleetline that had an identity crisis and was ever-present at all our early outings no matter how rough the terrain. Also present was a Peugeot 404 belonging to the chairman of the club at the time. Peter, an ex-Kenyan, had started birding as a hobby he could share with his son John who later became Ornithologist at the Windhoek museum. |
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