Ringing in a new collaboration
On May 7th, an inaugural bird-ringing session took place at the Ongava Game Reserve. The session was organized by the ORC and led by...
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Blog & News
Update from the field
Josephine Amwaalwa
- Jan 9
- 2 min
Big birds with even bigger personalities
The Kori bustard, Ardeotis kori, and the Secretarybird, Sagittarius serpentarius, are the world’s heaviest flying bird and the world’s...
John Mendelsohn
- Dec 6, 2022
- 2 min
Ongava’s social spiders and Gabar goshawks
Although Gabar Goshawks are the commonest birds of prey (or raptor) on Ongava, finding their nests is not that easy. And each time we...
Stéphanie Périquet
- Sep 14, 2021
- 1 min
Queleas murmurations at Andersson's
Have you ever heard about queleas? Chances are you did hear about these huge flocks of small, red-billed birds destroying crops and being...
John Mendelsohn
- Jun 17, 2021
- 1 min
The battle of Cain and Abel
Astonishing bloody battles play out in the nests of several species of eagles, herons, boobies, pelicans and certain other large birds....
John Mendelsohn
- Mar 16, 2020
- 2 min
How do Black-winged Kites know when to breed?
Several features of Black-winged Kite come from their specialisation on rodent prey which typically fluctuate widely in abundance from...
John Mendelsohn
- Feb 4, 2020
- 2 min
Weaver fever!
Different weaver species usually nest separately, but two species sometimes occupy a tree. Seldom are there three species, but that rare...
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