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Category: Articles

Reasons Why Provincial Listing is Awesome

July 26, 2017July 26, 2017 Bryn De Kocks Leave a comment

While most birders work hard towards their life lists, whether it be a global life list or for their sub-region; some focus just as much on their provincial lists. Personally, I’ve always seen my Western Cape list as my most important, simply because that is the one I was able to focus on. Not having […]

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Differentiating Little Egret and Snowy Egret

June 9, 2017June 12, 2017 Bryn De Kocks Leave a comment

In South Africa we encounter countless amounts of Little Egrets out in the field. They are a common bird which are typically found in shallow areas of water, both salt and fresh water. When compared to our other Egrets; it’s a fairly straight forward identification process. With that said, when one throws into the mix […]

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Improving Your Bird Identification

June 1, 2017June 3, 2017 Bryn De Kocks Leave a comment

Being able to identify the bird you’re looking at is probably the most core aspect of birding, it is also one that doesn’t come without effort. Like with most things in life, what you put in is what you get out and if you continue trying to learn, you’re going to improve. If you become […]

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The Last Kauaʻi ʻōʻō – A Final Song

May 26, 2017June 8, 2017 Bryn De Kocks Leave a comment

This is no doubt the most depressing piece I have ever written, and although my fingers press against the keys in an array of existential dread and carnivorous guilt, I feel as though the expression of thought through word is only fitting. Not as an undeserved relief to myself, but as tribute to what was […]

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The Tristan Challenge

May 3, 2017June 8, 2017 Bryn De Kocks 1 Comment

Prior to my recent Flock at Sea cruise, I knew little about the Tristan Albatross. Sure, I had seen it in my guide books and the fact that it was listed as a critically endangered species. But only after the events on board the MSC Sinfonia did I begin to read about the bird and […]

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