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    How many Bird Houses??

    Merlin Red-Billed Woodhoopoes (Phoeniculus purpureus) have apparently been renamed Green Woodhoopoes. I found some pictures at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/2636/ASRedbill.html This is not my site, or my pics so I can't post them directly. Unfortunately they didn't stick around...
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    Defence of young

    Personally I've found the Blacksmith Plover more aggressive than the Crowned when you go anywhere near its nest. What about those birds (can't remember what they're called or even where they're found) that divebomb and, er..., s**t on anyone or anything that gets too close.
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    How many Bird Houses??

    The most we put up was 3 (in a half-acre property in South Africa). Only 2 were ever occupied though, the 3rd was obviously too close to the first because the resident Crested Barbets (Sal has posted a picture somewhere) wouldn't let anything else come close. There was a great battle when...
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    Most frustrating 'Dip' of all time

    A few years ago there was a Slaty Egret that spent quite a few months at Marievale near Johannesburg, South Africa. (It might still be around - I've been in the UK for the past 18 months) Despite quite a few visits we never managed to see it. Although this one stayed in the area for ages, it...
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    A scenario

    As a "novice" birder I frequently rely on the skills of others to identify (even fairly common) new sightings. That said, I do like to know what they looked at and considered so that next time I will be able to identify it myself. A few years ago in South Africa I went on a twitch to see a...
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    Hi from South Africa

    Hi Sal How things in Sleepy Hollow? I was at varsity (uni to those in the UK) in Pietermaritzburg, although I'm now in London. I wasn't as keen a birder back then, but I do remember being woken up many times far too early in the morning by a collared sunbird fighting with his reflection in my...
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    Hi from yet another Newbie

    Thanks for all the welcoming messages. Yep, Colin and Alex are 2 people - not exactly Jekyl & Hyde :) Alex, my wife is also a keen novice birder. Cheers!
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    Hi from yet another Newbie

    Hi Everyone Wow, I'm glad I found this forum. Looks like it's full of useful info for a novice birder. I'm living in London Docklands (with a great view of the Thames), but am originally from South Africa. It has been quite an experience learning new birds - even the common everyday birds...
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