Martial eagle catches a helmeted guineafowl but loses it to a black-backed jackal
Martial eagle catches a helmeted guineafowl but loses it to a black-backed jackal During October, 2022, I was lucky enough to spend 4 days in…
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12 BILL DESIGNS IN BIRDS
Birds’ bills have evolved to serve various functions beside the procurement of food. Bills are also used for carrying nesting material when building a nest…
Swifts and Swallows: Convergent Evolution in Action
Swifts and Swallows: Convergent Evolution in Action I live in the Hoedspruit area of Limpopo province of South Africa, and every summer, our skies are…
Out of the blocks with a bang…
We’re now 2 months into the year, with a pretty explosive start to the rarities scene. On Birding Big Day on 28 November last year,…
The Rules of Twitching!
Here in Southern Africa, the start of 2021 has been a special twitching season. Over this period a host of good rarities have showed up…
Basic evolutionary biology for birders
The video contained in this page was a webinar on Learn-the-Birds in October, 2020. Birds have played a critically important role in the origin of…