BirdLife Stellenbosch
About Events Route Directions Links Shop Bird galleries Bird ID Template List of Bird Photos Jill Adams' Birds (Watercolours) More of Jill's birds Nico's Birds of Prey Nico's Owls Small birds Waterbirds Rosie' Turacos Rosie's water birds Pieter's Waterbirds Helderberg Waderbash Klaus Kassel at WCNP Peet's Birds Okavango Bird Potpourri Awie's Birds Beautiful Kalahari Fritz Weaver Basie van Zyl's birds Basie's Birds of Prey Ingo's Birds	Welcome to our Bird Club!   This is the Stellenbosch branch of BirdLife South Africa and people enjoy our interesting activities. Outings planned for 2010 -    For more information on our events contact Peet le Roux    083 284 3532 or Willene  082 567 8631   Non-members are always welcome and the entrance to our meetings is free. Would you like to receive our regular newsletter? Admire our galleries, regularly enlarged! New: Basie van Zyl's Birds of Prey Awie's Potpourrie 6   Awie's Kingfishers   Awie's Gannets and Penguins    Ibis and Spoonbill   Glossy Ibis   Hadeda Ibis   Sacred Ibis   African Spoonbill    Do you have good photos of South African Birds? Please contact Rosie: Webmaster at StellenboschBirds.com Latest news:African Openbill, Yellow Wagtail and African Snipe, photographed by Neal Cooper at the Strandfontein waterworks in March A Peregrine Falcon is often seen in the fir trees near Karlien en Kandas Speelskool in Die Boord African Openbill (Oopbekooievaar) storks were recently seen on a small dam near the traffic lights on the Lynedoch road. (December 09) Please contact us, when you see unusual birds. If you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost, too. wrote Carl Linnaeus who invented the Latin binomial system of naming plants and animals, which is still in use. DNA research has given new insights into the relationship of birds. The classification of bird families has changed tremendously from the one you find in older bird guides and is still not quite settled as new research will surely bring a few more surprises. Example: Songbirds (Oscines) are divided into ravenlike birds (Corvida) and all other Paserida. Paradise Flycatcher and Batis now belong to Corvida! Cape Batis is placed between Bokmakierie and the Pied Crow in Jill Adam's gallery. Find information and lists of names at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, download the classification and species order used in the new Roberts: PDF - 20KB and the 'new' Southern African bird list Do join us as a member! Load down the Membership Application form (pdf file) The BirdLife SA alphabet (pdf.file) explains our aims Links of the day: Hannes Lochner Wildlife & Nature Photography Basie van Zyl's superb photos Ingo Waschkies Birds 10000birds.com www.chrisgoody.co.uk Some birds have a remarkable talent for dancing, two studies published in Current Biology suggest. Watch Snowball, a sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita eleanora ), dance to the beat of Everybody by the Backstreet Boys. Tracking reveals songbirds' route Oiseaux.net - A magnificent website on the birds of the world - in French and English. Meetings for all at Cape Bird Club Support the Southern African Bird Atlas Project 2: www.sabap2.org Visit the WESTERN CAPE BIRDING ROUTES Any corrections, questions or suggestions?   Your Feedback Verreaux's Eagle   Aquila verreauxi © Jill Adams (in Richard Liversidge, The Birds Around us)
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