by ACF | May 31, 2012 | Birds, Wildlife News
SOME unique plants and bird species at the Taita Hills forests have become extinct, a conservationist has said. They attributed the extinction to serious environmental degradation at the forests. “Illegal loggers are to blame for the destruction of the... by ACF | Jan 22, 2012 | Birds
The monitoring project run by the Animal Demography Unit at the University of Cape Town has been urging me to send in another report. I have wanted to send an update, but I’ve been waiting for the outcome of the current breeding efforts of a pair of Zanzibar Red... by ACF | Jan 16, 2012 | Birds
BOISE, Idaho – Despite their value to humans and the environment, vultures continue to experience serious population declines that are made worse by government inaction and a lack of funding for skilled experts to address the problem, according to a paper to be... by ACF | Dec 13, 2011 | Birds
The Wild Bird Hospital in Windhoek looks after all sorts of wild birds that have fallen out of their nests, were injured in collisions with cars, were caught by pets or got hurt in any way. They rehabilitate the birds before releasing them back into the wild. Sonja... by ACF | Nov 4, 2011 | Birds
The clouds part. On the left is the Aberdare range where the intrepid Joseph Thomson spent a night in 1883 and saw “the gleaming snow-white peak” of Mt Kenya, confirming Dr Ludwig Krapf’s sighting on December 3, 1849. Krapf’s report had been... by ACF | Sep 20, 2011 | Birds
The Vulture Programme in collaboration with the Johannesburg Zoo is proud to announce the hatching of their first captive bred Cape Vulture chick which hatched on 1 September 2011, this chick is unique in that the method used to successfully breed this chick is the...