I am making this post not because I have some beautiful photos that will win awards, but because I want to show how photography can be used under tough conditions to tell a story. Telling stories is what makes me want to find what I call…
Visitors from Europe are often surprised when visiting this part of the world when they learn that we have so many species of kingfisher (10 species in South Africa), and that more than half of them are not associated with water. In…
Every summer, our skies around Hoedspruit are full of agile and fast birds flying around picking insects out of the air. In the dying days of our summer, some such as the barn swallow, muster in large numbers in trees and along wires for…
Here are some of the short-form videos that I have posted to TikTok about birds. This is a fairly random mixture. Use Newest First if you want to see the latest ones, or Oldest first if you want to start from the beginning.
This webinar explores what Bishops and Widows have to teach us. It is part of a series delving into how to create a better understanding of birds leading to an improved birding experience. The genus Euplectes belongs to the weaver family,…
Bird colours are often very beautiful, but many are often fairly drab. Have you ever wondered how bird colours have evolved, how colours are produced, and how birds see colour? In this webinar Dr Keats will explore selection pressures that…
Most people are familiar with the nest parasitism – or brood parasitism – that is shown by our cuckoos, such as the Jacobin cuckoo and Diederik Cuckoos, where the birds lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species. These other…