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Volunteering with Wildlife ACT - am I too old?

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By way of explanation, here is a run down/some answers related to the group I’ve been asked to write this piece for: Here is why it was formed (quote from the founder): “ Simon and I were working in the field as wildlife monitors, monitoring wild dog and black rhino respectively. We realised that there was a need within the provincial parks of KwaZulu-Natal to have dedicated wildlife monitors assisting the conservation managers with the daily monitoring of their endangered priority species. All too often researchers had to be relied upon to collect this valuable information, yet not always being able to provide managers with what they were looking for. So, we developed self-funded Management Orientated Monitoring Systems for these parks, with the conservation managers in mind. ” He also points out that “ As the population continues to grow and the economy in most of Africa weakens, our protected areas are becoming extremely fragile. Conservation priorities continue to b

Berd Nerd page

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Number of species seen: 100+ - but some heard and some yet to be identified (mainly LBJs). I'll post a list if anyone's interested, but there's nothing unusual. Some of these a bit rubbish and some still need labels.  Yellow billed hornbill  Woolly necked stork Red-billed oxpecker  Fish eagle - Jozini  Giant egret - Jozini  Juv brown snake eagel  Jacana - hotel gardens  Yellow throated longclaw - Hluhluwe  White backed vulture - uMkhuze  Pygmy kingfisher - uMkhuze  Trumpeter hornbill  White fronted bee eater  White faced whistling duck family  White faced southern Scops' owl  African hoopoe  Tawny eagle  Black bellied starling (I think)  Saddle billed stork  Yellow billed kite  Goliath heron  Red billed oxpecker on giraffe  Emerald spotted wood dove  Grey go-away bird Lappet faced vulture

Just pictures

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 Side striped skink at The Ghost Mountain Inn  Southern masked weavers' nests at The Ghost Mountain Inn  GMI - just too pretty  One for Steenbok.  White rhinos at Hluhluwe  The is an elephant or two hiding here  Nyala bull  Baboons enjoying the shade and water on a hot day in Hluhlwe  Lioness Leopard tortoise  The Ghost Mountain  Rubbish picture of camp's resident bush baby  Sunset on my first day living in the bush  Good morning November 21st  Cheetah cub  The best animal on Planet Earth  Being ignored by a wildebeest  Lioness letting everyone know who's boss - she was roaring a lot  Being ignored by a wildebeest (they're good at that)  Angry looking starling - I think black bellied. Nyala and lamb