Where to get news about rare birds? South Africa
Did you what to know where to get news about rare birds? Well, look no further. I get regular updates by email from the Southern African Rare Bird News Reports.
Trevor Hardaker is the chairman of the South African Rarities Committee. Trevor and John Graham manage Zest for Birds, a pelagic trip and bird guiding company. Please follow this link to learn more about Zest for Birds:
http://www.zestforbirds.co.za/
To learn more about Trevor Hardaker and his wife, Margaret, please visit their website:
http://www.hardaker.co.za/index.htm
To receive Southern African news about rare birds reports, you can join the following Google Group at:
https://groups.google.com/g/sa-rarebirdnews
Just click on the Ask to join group button and complete the necessary fields. Now you can look forward to receiving news such as:
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER – still present this afternoon at Macassar Sewage Works (Western Cape) – reported by ………
I have decided that, from now on, I will no longer be including records of EUROPEAN HONEY BUZZARDS in the formal reports that get sent out. This species has increased in number dramatically in the subregion in recent years and is at the point where we can’t even consider it a scarcity anymore ………
GREY WAGTAIL – single bird still present along the river above Swallowtail Falls in Hogsback (Eastern Cape) at -32.597856, 26.948126 this morning – reported by …………..
MEGA ALERTS from SARBN, Updates from SARBN, Breaking news from SARBN, are among the subjects you will receive.
The above photo was taken by Trevor and has the following text:
What a strange coincidence that just 2 weeks after this species was found at Tankatara Salt Pans near Port Elizabeth, was is very likely be the same individual turned up again about 700km west of that. This was the 3rd record for Southern Africa and the 1st for the Western Cape.
Please follow Trevor on Facebook at:
https://web.facebook.com/trevor.hardaker.wildlife
You might also be interested in the following blog post:
https://www.wwbirds.co.za/dir/bird-of-the-year-2022-south-africa/
Content creator Where to get news about rare birds?: Petrus A. van Tonder
