Phoebe Barnard and her husband Rob Simmons joined me in Franschhoek this weekend for some ringing. Saturday morning was spent in the Museum Wild Flower Garden and we managed to net and ring 51 birds. New members, John and Pat joined us for most of the morning and Pat had the opportunity to scribe for me while I was ringing... thanks Pat!
It was a beautiful day in Franschhoek and we caught a steady stream of birds including this lovely little Karoo Prinia.
On Sunday, we made our way up to Mont Rochelle and set up nets deep in the fynbos hoping to catch some Sugarbirds and Orange Breasted Sunbirds. It was extremely misty at first and we marvelled at how the mist stormed past us and made the atmosphere quite eerie but very enjoyable.
We managed to catch 2 male Orange Breasted Sunbirds and 1 female. They now have rings as well colour rings so if you see any OBS with either a white, blue or orange ring on their left leg, please let me know.
We also caught one Cape Robin-Chat and one Karoo Prinia. Not many birds but it was wonderful to have the OBS in the hand. We did see our logo bird, the Cape Rock Thrush (male and female) and a pair of Ground Woodpeckers. There were a number of Sugar Birds but they seemed able to evade the nets every time so they are still on my "to-do" list.
It is our 1st anniversary meeting coming up on the 14th of this month so don't miss this special event... lots of nice goodies to give away, light supper served and interesting talk on gardening for birds. See you there.
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