{"id":12914,"date":"2025-08-04T07:15:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T07:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/?p=12914"},"modified":"2026-05-03T13:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:15:10","slug":"bird-magazine-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/bird-magazine-august-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird magazine August 2025 : Free download PDF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My YouTube channel is still growing, now over 60,000 subscribers. Thank you very much for your support. Thank you for watching, sharing, and helping us grow a community that celebrates nature, conservation, and the joy of birds!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would like to welcome Dr Rob Marshall from Carlingford Animal Hospital, Carlingford NSW in Australia. I am promoting Dr Rob\u2019s book on Eclectus Parrots on pages 4 and 5. Just click on the link for further information. I also added Dr Rob on the Avian Veterinarians list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this month\u2019s Standard edition: More YouTube\u2019s Community Post Quizzes, Live from the Backyard, Avicultural tips from PASA webinar, Understanding Your Bird\u2019s Excessive Screaming, BirdLife South Africa Rudd\u2019s Lark Critically Endangered in South Africa, and so much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am busy creating an index of all my YouTube videos, as per pages 14 to 16, to make it easier to find specific videos. I am going to expand this list in categories and make it available as a free eBook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Premier edition there are some great articles about: The Derbyan Parakeet, Space, competition and incentives for parrots, Softbill Housing, and much more.<br>I can promote your organization with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/breeding-green-singing-finches\/\">video<\/a> and on our website by becoming a Premier magazine subscriber or as a YouTube member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy reading, and please do not hesitate to provide feedback for my inspiration.<br>Petrus Albertus van Tonder and The World Wide Birds team (you, the subscribers, and the sponsors)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cover-International-August-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Bird magazine August 2025\" class=\"wp-image-12916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cover-International-August-2025.jpg 529w, https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cover-International-August-2025-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Cover-International-August-2025-50x77.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/World-Wide-Birds-Magazine-August-2025-Standard.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of World Wide Birds Magazine August 2025 Standard.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-07a409c9-7192-4cc8-9b69-8f02173886ab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/World-Wide-Birds-Magazine-August-2025-Standard.pdf\">World Wide Birds Magazine August 2025 Standard<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/World-Wide-Birds-Magazine-August-2025-Standard.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-07a409c9-7192-4cc8-9b69-8f02173886ab\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I am happy to announce that our latest Premier magazine subscriber is Dr Rob Marshall, from Carlingford Animal Hospital, in NSW, Australia. I am promoting their book called The Eclectus Parrot. Just click on the cover for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdhealth.com.au\/books-dvds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Eclectus-Parrot-BOOK-COVER-2025-704x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Eclectus Parrot book\" class=\"wp-image-12921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Eclectus-Parrot-BOOK-COVER-2025-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Eclectus-Parrot-BOOK-COVER-2025-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Eclectus-Parrot-BOOK-COVER-2025-768x1117.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Eclectus-Parrot-BOOK-COVER-2025-50x73.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Eclectus-Parrot-BOOK-COVER-2025-1600x2327.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Eclectus-Parrot-BOOK-COVER-2025-1056x1536.jpg 1056w, https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Eclectus-Parrot-BOOK-COVER-2025-1408x2048.jpg 1408w, https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Eclectus-Parrot-BOOK-COVER-2025-scaled.jpg 1760w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My YouTube live stream is up and running. It is called <strong>Live! From about 8 to 5 SA Time &#8211; Garden Birds of Gauteng, South Africa.<\/strong> Please pop in, leave a comment in the chat, and like the stream. Would so much appreciate it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These species of birds can currently be seen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Karoo thrush &#8211; enjoying the water, and running the garden for insects<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cape and house sparrows &#8211; coming for their daily seed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ring-necked and laughing doves &#8211; thinking the seed only belongs to them<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Red-headed Finches with the babies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grey <a><\/a>go-away-birds &#8211; coming to eat some apple<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dark-capped bulbuls &#8211; singing while enjoying the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/nectarines-for-birds\/\">fruit<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrow-marked babblers- coming with noise and taking over<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/birdwatching-using-camcorder\/\">Cape robin-chat<\/a> &#8211; running the garden for insects, and now also coming to eat suet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Southern masked weavers &#8211; singing their lungs out and getting ready to build nests<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Southern Boubou &#8211; jumping the feeding station while eating<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Black-collared Barbets &#8211; thinking they are kings, by chasing the other birds away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a portable web camera, so I bring it in every night; therefore, it is only live during the day, SA time. It will show up on my YouTube home page when it is live. Just click on the screenshot to see if I am currently live:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@World_Wide_Birds\/featured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"971\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Live-bird-cam-From-about-8-to-5-SA-Time-Garden-Birds-of-Gauteng-South-Africa-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Live-bird-cam-From-about-8-to-5-SA-Time-Garden-Birds-of-Gauteng-South-Africa-1.png 971w, https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Live-bird-cam-From-about-8-to-5-SA-Time-Garden-Birds-of-Gauteng-South-Africa-1-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Live-bird-cam-From-about-8-to-5-SA-Time-Garden-Birds-of-Gauteng-South-Africa-1-768x362.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Live-bird-cam-From-about-8-to-5-SA-Time-Garden-Birds-of-Gauteng-South-Africa-1-50x24.png 50w, https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Live-bird-cam-From-about-8-to-5-SA-Time-Garden-Birds-of-Gauteng-South-Africa-1-520x245.png 520w, https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Live-bird-cam-From-about-8-to-5-SA-Time-Garden-Birds-of-Gauteng-South-Africa-1-720x340.png 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Live-bird-cam-From-about-8-to-5-SA-Time-Garden-Birds-of-Gauteng-South-Africa.png\" alt=\"Live bird cam From about 8 to 5 SA Time - Garden Birds of Gauteng, South Africa\" class=\"wp-image-12923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Live-bird-cam-From-about-8-to-5-SA-Time-Garden-Birds-of-Gauteng-South-Africa.png 529w, https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Live-bird-cam-From-about-8-to-5-SA-Time-Garden-Birds-of-Gauteng-South-Africa-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wwbirds.co.za\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Live-bird-cam-From-about-8-to-5-SA-Time-Garden-Birds-of-Gauteng-South-Africa-50x35.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My YouTube channel is still growing, now over 60,000 subscribers. Thank you very much for your support. 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