The Animal Demography Unit at UCT has a new programme for garden birders. It's for those people who love watching the birds in their garden and making note of which one's visit etc, but aren't interested in doing Bird Atlasing on a large scale. It is the ideal interactive project for our club members to be involved in and at the same time contribute towards scientific research. This is what it is all about:
Doug Harebottle of the ADU says: MyBirdPatch is an initiative to capture bird lists from small patches to monitor bird population changes on a fine scale. Lists can be compiled for your garden, greenbelt patch, a local nature reserve, a green open space, golf course or school. You can have more than one patch and lists are captured and submitted on line.
More details and registration at http://mybirdpatch.adu.org.za/
and join us on facebook for more fun and news from other garden bird listers.
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I would like to encourage all of you to join this initiative online. Its great fun, you can add pictures of the birds in your garden and see what birds are around in other gardens, it may surprise you. Its easy to register, just follow the instructions on the web page.
