Posted by smithfieldbirding on 16 June, 2008
Carmel Rickard was more than a little surprised this morning 2008 06 16 to find a dead owl in a Rhus tree outside her house.
Top View: It appears to have dived from above?
View from the ground:
The bold brown and rufus markings were very clear.
Even the underside was brown and rufus colour.
The bright dark orange ring around the iris was very evident.
Another photo for size.
Photos by Lynden Lund
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Posted by smithfieldbirding on 4 June, 2008
by Carmel Rickard
Birding history is being made in South Africa at the moment – and now in Aliwal North as well. A major project is underway, officially entitled the South African Bird Atlasing Project No 2 (SaBap, for short). The last time birders made an “atlas” of South Africa was 15 or 16 years ago, when everyone was involved in an official record trying to trace where which birds occur in this country.
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