• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
ZEISS DTI thermal imaging cameras. For more discoveries at night, and during the day.

Search results

thxpress_search_the_forum Search Opus
  1. WobblyWilly

    What size mistnets are best?

    That's quite worrysome as Ecotone are the only nets that I can find in SA...
  2. WobblyWilly

    What size mistnets are best?

    I'm referring to the weave, and want a net that can give me the widest range of birds. I primarily aim at passarines, sm waders, nightjars etc. Very few raptors and always in the bush of Africa, so beige nets won't do in any size. We have always used 12m nets, 19x19mm and 3m high, but I would...
  3. WobblyWilly

    Recommended Warbler, Cisticola, Pipit and/or Lark Books

    Thanks Palswd - Know the book well and it is indeed the finest we have over here. I was hoping to add some international knowledge to the mix...
  4. WobblyWilly

    Recommended Warbler, Cisticola, Pipit and/or Lark Books

    Ah, good to know = thank you,
  5. WobblyWilly

    Recommended Warbler, Cisticola, Pipit and/or Lark Books

    Cool, thanks - I only this week learned that Warblers are split into two parallel universes! :eek!: I guess it's the Old World I'm after, and that book on the Sylvias seems well respected; The Reed and Bush Warblers was one I have been keeping a beady eye on; I'll look into the others...
  6. WobblyWilly

    Recommended Warbler, Cisticola, Pipit and/or Lark Books

    Thanks stonechat1 No-one else in the birding community has a book on these topics they would like to recommend?? :cat:
  7. WobblyWilly

    Recommended Warbler, Cisticola, Pipit and/or Lark Books

    I am based in South Africa, and would appreciate a recommendation on the above: The birds don't have to be area-specific, ie Warblers of the World etc, but I would like to get the 'go-to' book for each family. Thanks! :t:
  8. WobblyWilly

    Pel's fishing owls

    Best place right now is an early morning walk with the guides at Olifants Camp in the Kruger. How long that lasts, though, is anyone's guess, but I know they were seen there in November.
  9. WobblyWilly

    ID required

    Levaillant's is my belief...
  10. WobblyWilly

    Falcons near the Kruger

    Male above, as is only right...o:D
  11. WobblyWilly

    Your Most Recent "Life" Bird

    Pallid Harrier for me in Barberspan, SA...
  12. WobblyWilly

    Trying to understand birds a little

    Nice OP I flew myself for a while so relate totally. Wish I'd had the skill or cajones to take a camera up with me...
  13. WobblyWilly

    Western Cape trip 5th to 16th Nov 13

    Well, I'm jealous as heck! o:D Been looking for Flufftails for 15 years....:smoke: Well done, mate!
  14. WobblyWilly

    Sparrow and Mousebird

    Competing for a food source, perhaps?
  15. WobblyWilly

    Kingfishers you have seen

    Very few apparently..;-) Striped Malachite Pied Giant Woodland Grey Headed Brown Hooded
  16. WobblyWilly

    Which three birds do you most want to see?

    Not sure if this is a 'Three birds you have some realistic chance of seeing', or 'three birds you would love to see but probably never will'. A. Pel's Fishing Owl Green Malkoha Any Flufftail. B. Puffin Bowerbird Frigatebird
  17. WobblyWilly

    Long billed blue tit!!!

    I'm watching! All I see is a space...
  18. WobblyWilly

    Bird ringing - please help me get involved

    Always get to get some perspective on a contentious issue. Seems you fellas have a 'catch 22' situation. That fair?
  19. WobblyWilly

    Bird Ringing Camps in Germany

    I don't know of one in Germany, kisiel1992, but I do know that Dr hab. Magdalena Remisiewicz (BMRS) is bringing a Polish contingent to South Africa for a ringing camp in a few days... [URL="http://safring.adu.org.za/"URL] Click on Barberspan
  20. WobblyWilly

    Bird ringing - please help me get involved

    I would have thought that the ringing authorities would be falling over themselves to accommodate such keen potential ringers??! :eek!: I guess one sometimes doesn't realise how easy one has it until you read accounts like this one. I was in a very similar position, and contacted the head of...
  21. WobblyWilly

    Last 3 ticks whats yours?

    Broadbill, African Nightjar, Fiery-necked Cuckooshrike, White-breasted
  22. WobblyWilly

    Birding Etiquette?

    I opened this thread expecting the usual amount of opinionated drivel one associates with these controversial topics, but there are some very sound viewpoints to a very pertinent question and one which faces every birder. I think if all birders were to use this thread as a guideline we'd have...
  23. WobblyWilly

    Tips for Approaching Birds

    Long lens vs getting too close... Easy call. OP - Waterbirds will instinctively move away from the shoreline as you approach, even indirectly. They have a much smaller comfort zone than most bush birds as they are far more exposed / vulnerable. If you are just walking on a nature stroll...
  24. WobblyWilly

    Bird spotting website - Southern Africa

    Hi Jean Jolly interesting but unlike many birders I have a tiny budget. Will this be a costly venture to purchase? My answers to help you are in red above...:cat: Cheers! Pee Ess: I would like to see a 'Photography Lifer List' included...
  25. WobblyWilly

    Can you tell me what bird this is?

    Might be nice on a braai...?
Back
Top