Vol 5 (2014)

Articles

• A comparative analysis of SABAP2 data for the Free State National Botanical Gardens and the Valley of Seven Dams Conservancy, Bloemfontein

  Dawid H de Swardt

  1 - 8

  • PDF 162 Downloads

• Another bird-snake encounter: Jackal Buzzard vs Mole Snake

  Philna Botha

  9 - 10

  • PDF 72 Downloads

• Chicknapped! Two Kelp Gull chicks brooded and defended by an African Penguin at Halifax Island, Namibia

  Jessica Kemper

  11 - 16

  • PDF 117 Downloads

• Hybridisation between White-faced and Fulvous Ducks in the wild: further evidence from South Africa

  Doug Harebottle, Brian Vanderwalt

  17 - 21

  • PDF 90 Downloads

• Possible breeding record for the Grey-headed Bush-shrike Malaconotus blanchoti in Boskruin, Randburg (Pentads 2600_2755 and 2605_2755)

  Andy Branfield, Anthony Clough

  22 - 24

  • PDF 70 Downloads

• Notes on the nesting of the Kurrichane Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus in the wild

  Derek Engelbrecht

  25 - 29

  • PDF 88 Downloads

• White-bellied Sunbird breeding in greenhouse

  Ernst F Retief

  30 - 32

  • PDF 58 Downloads

• Bateleur sunbathing at Punda Maria

  Don Reid

  33 - 36

  • PDF 71 Downloads

• The breeding ecology of Cape Glossy Starlings at a nest site in the Kalahari

  Rion E Lerm

  37 - 40

  • PDF 92 Downloads

• Vocal imitation and courtship display in Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler Sylvia subcaerulea

  Faansie Peacock

  41 - 48

  • PDF 91 Downloads

• Nectar-feeding by southern African birds, with special reference to the Mountain Aloe Aloe marlothii

  Derek Engelbrecht, Joe Grosel, Daniel Engelbrecht

  49 - 74

  • PDF 131 Downloads

• Egg rejection by Green Wood-hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus

  Craig T Symes

  75 - 79

  • PDF 76 Downloads

• White Stork became resident in the Johannesburg CBD in 2013

  GJ Oettle

  80 - 80

  • PDF 65 Downloads

• The birds of the Groenkloof conservation complex, Pretoria

  Vincent Parker

  81 - 100

  • PDF 131 Downloads

• Karoo Thrush and frogs: potential food source or opportunistic attack?

  Joshua Weiss

  101 - 102

  • PDF 90 Downloads

• Breeding Chestnut-banded Plovers Charadrius pallidus at Leeupan, Mpumalanga

  Faansie Peacock, Phil Penlington, Gareth Hazell

  103 - 107

  • PDF 127 Downloads

• A peculiar case of isabellinism on Bird Island, Algoa Bay?

  Diane Smith, Nina Voogt

  108 - 111

  • PDF 86 Downloads

• An unconvenient death: Eastern Clapper Lark on barbed wire fence

  Dawid H de Swardt

  112 - 113

  • PDF 60 Downloads

• The learning curve: Half-collared Kingfisher learns to fish

  Chris Krog

  114 - 121

  • PDF 63 Downloads

• Red-winged Starling Onycognathus morio sourcing nest material from live Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus

  Craig T Symes, Jean Hirons

  122 - 125

  • PDF 175 Downloads

• Invasive House Mouse Mus musculus in the diet of a tropical seabird

  Daniel Keith Danckwerts

  126 - 127

  • PDF 68 Downloads

• Kelp Gulls breeding in mountain fynbos

  Peter G Ryan, Bruce M Dyer

  128 - 130

  • PDF 66 Downloads

• Nasty neighborhood: kleptoparasitism and a egg predation of Swift Terns by Hartlaub's Gulls

  Davide Gaglio, Richard B Sherley

  131 - 134

  • PDF 83 Downloads

• How many tortoises do a pair of Pied Crows Corvus albus need to kill to feed their chicks?

  John E Fincham, Nollie Lambrechts

  135 - 138

  • PDF 191 Downloads

• Birds of the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, South-Western Cape, South Africa

  Mike Fraser

  139 - 247

  • PDF 653 Downloads

• Territorial behaviour and vocalisations of African Rock Pipit Anthus crenatus at Lundin's Neck, Barkly East

  Dawid H de Swardt

  248 - 250

  • PDF 58 Downloads

• Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill breeding in electricity pole

  Ernst F Retief

  251 - 251

  • PDF 66 Downloads

• First and first: African Spoonbill Platalea alba observed breeding on Robben Island

  Arnold C van der Westhuizen, T Mario Leshoro, Eukene Rueda, Les G Underhill, Danel van der Westhuizen

  252 - 257

  • PDF 79 Downloads

• Preliminary summary of changes in bird distributions between the First and Second Southern African Bird Atlas Projects (SABAP1 and SABAP2)

  Les G Underhill, Michael Brooks

  258 - 293

  • PDF 217 Downloads

• In search of the Green Tinkerbird - an eye witness report

  Karin Wiesler

  294 - 300

  • PDF 103 Downloads

• Photographic records of Grey-backed Storm-Petrels Garrodia nereis in South African waters

  Vincent Ward, Rob W Leslie, John MD Graham, David Christie

  301 - 303

  • PDF 87 Downloads

• Roadside densities and variations in nest size and structure of Sociable Weavers colonies near Prieska, Northern Cape, South Africa

  Doug M Harebottle, H Dieter Oschadleus

  304 - 309

  • PDF 79 Downloads

• Double brooding attempt by African Black Oystercatchers on Castle Rock, Knysna

  Johanna M du Toit

  310 - 313

  • PDF 53 Downloads

• First record of a Lesser Moorhen in the Free State Province, South Africa

  Gregory Goosen, Janine Goosen

  314 - 315

  • PDF 72 Downloads

• Weavers and nectar feeding

  H Dieter Oschadleus

  316 - 318

  • PDF 70 Downloads

• Notes on the diet of birds in the Free State and Lesotho, Southern Africa

  Grzegorz Kopij

  319 - 324

  • PDF 127 Downloads

• Interspecific competition between Oxpecker Buphagus species?

  Walter R Jubber

  325 - 335

  • PDF 172 Downloads

• Hybrid: Barn Swallow x Common House Martin

  Andrew Pickles

  336 - 337

  • PDF 84 Downloads

• African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini swimming in the sea as part of distraction behaviour

  Les G Underhill

  338 - 341

  • PDF 60 Downloads

• Ovambo Sparrowhawk attempting to prey on waterbirds

  Andy Branfield

  342 - 344

  • PDF 112 Downloads

• Low altitude attack: Ovambo Sparrowhawk preying on Southern Masked Weavers in suburban Gauteng

  Andy Branfield

  345 - 348

  • PDF 94 Downloads

• Excitement and predation at Shoebill nests

  Ralf HE Mullers, Craig Reid

  349 - 354

  • PDF 134 Downloads

• Spotted Eagle-Owl nesting on top of Sociable Weaver nest

  Dawid H de Swardt

  355 - 356

  • PDF 79 Downloads

• Not so friendly neighbours: Pygmy Falcon eating Sociable Weaver nestling

  Jacky Spiby

  357 - 360

  • PDF 88 Downloads

• Snakes in the diet of Secretarybirds Sagittarius serpentarius: an example from Balfour, Mpumalanga

  Gregory BP Davies, Ernst F Retief, Hanneline Smit-Robinson

  361 - 364

  • PDF 160 Downloads

• Sun-bathing by Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus on its African wintering grounds

  Alexandre Villers, Benoit Gangloff, Victor Turpaud-Fizzala, Steve Augiron

  365 - 368

  • PDF 95 Downloads

• Confirming Southern Double-collared Sunbird as host for the Klaas's Cuckoo

  Rob Little

  369 - 369

  • PDF 53 Downloads

• An annotated checklist of birds of the Vilanculos Coastal Wildlife Sanctuary, Southern Mozambique

  Christine Read, Warwick R Tarboton, Gregory BP Davies, Mark D Anderson, Tania A Anderson

  370 - 408

  • PDF 277 Downloads

• Aerial feeding by Greater Striped Swallows Hirundo cucullata in a small enclosed garden

  Vincent L Ward, Susan M Millar

  409 - 410

  • PDF 51 Downloads

• Cuckoo about cuckoos: identification of Common and African cuckoos re-examined

  Faansie Peacock

  411 - 430

  • PDF 732 Downloads

• Bird distribution changes in the Lydenburg area, Mpumalanga (2530AB Lydenburg and 2530BA Long Tom Pass) using SABAP data to compare with historical data: a period since the 1980s

  Dawid H de Swardt

  431 - 449

  • PDF 133 Downloads

• First record of Chestnut-fronted Helmet-Shrike at Chilo Gorge Lodge, Zimbabwe

  Lizet Grobbelaar

  450 - 452

  • PDF 48 Downloads

• SABAP2 shows that the Common Myna Acridotheres tristis is using the towns and villages as stepping stones to spread across South Africa

  Les G Underhill, Jacky Spiby, Gwen Fox

  453 - 456

  • PDF 115 Downloads

• Photos of Weaver Nests. Why PHOWN?

  H Dieter Oschadleus

  457 - 461

  • PDF 71 Downloads

• Observations of visible northbound passage in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

  Joshua I Engel

  462 - 464

  • PDF 63 Downloads