Ringing in KZN, 15 May – 6 June 2013
2013-06-15 (377)
A three week holiday in KwaZulu-Natal gave the opportunity for ringing as well as talks at bird clubs.
Ringing
Members of BirdLife Zululand attended and helped with ringing at Lake Teza and Thulasihleka Pan in Richards Bay. An article about the ringing appeared in the local newspaper Eyethu Bay Watch, see news item. White Helmet-shrike was a ringing lifer. A ringed Lesser Masked Weaver was recaptured, and the elapsed time was 9y 0m 12d, a new longevity record for the species, see details here.
Ringing was also conducted at the Pietermaritzburg Botanic Gardens and in Hattingspruit. Overall, the top three ringed species were Southern Masked Weaver, Yellow Weaver, and Lesser Masked Weaver. A summary of species caught per site appears below.
Bird club talks
BirdLife Zululand – Bird migration – 20 May, Richards Bay
BirdLife Northern Natal – Weaver ecology – 3 June, Newcastle
Acknowledgements
Thanks to the bird club members for help at the ringing, especially to Alan van Zyl, Tina Lickford, and Daniel Oschadleus. Thanks to the Pietermaritzburg Botanic Gardens for permission to ring there at short notice.
Species |
English |
Teza |
Thulazihleka |
Kwa-
Mbonambi |
Botanic
Gardens |
Hatting-
spruit |
Total |
319 |
Tambourine Dove |
5 |
|
|
|
|
5 |
321 |
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
390 |
Speckled Mousebird |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
419 |
Redbilled Woodhoopoe |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
438 |
Golden-rumped Tinker Barbet |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
442 |
Lesser Honeyguide |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
3 |
545 |
Dark-capped Bulbul |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
4 |
551 |
Sombre Bulbul |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
2 |
552 |
Kurrichane Thrush |
2 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
576 |
Stonechat |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
579 |
Red-capped Robin-Chat |
5 |
3 |
|
|
|
8 |
588 |
White-browed Robin |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
604 |
Lesser Swamp Warbler |
2 |
|
|
|
10 |
12 |
606 |
African Reed Warbler |
3 |
2 |
|
|
2 |
7 |
621 |
Long-billed Crombec |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
625 |
Yellow-breasted Apalis |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
627 |
Bleating Warbler |
2 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
637 |
Neddicky |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
642 |
Rattling Cisticola |
1 |
4 |
|
|
|
5 |
646 |
Levaillant’s Cisticola |
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
648 |
Lazy Cisticola |
|
|
|
2 |
|
2 |
649 |
Tawny-flanked Prinia |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
9 |
655 |
Dusky Flycatcher |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
664 |
Black Flycatcher |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
665 |
Fiscal Flycatcher |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
666 |
Yellow Warbler |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
9 |
712 |
Black-backed Puffback |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
717 |
Olive Bush Shrike |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
719 |
Orange-breasted Bush Shrike |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
727 |
White Helmet-shrike |
2 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
734 |
Indian Myna |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
766 |
Olive Sunbird |
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
3 |
784 |
House Sparrow |
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
791 |
Spectacled Weaver |
2 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
792 |
Lesser Masked Weaver |
4 |
45 |
|
|
|
49 |
797 |
Village Weaver |
|
1 |
|
|
18 |
19 |
799 |
Cape Weaver |
|
|
|
|
12 |
12 |
800 |
Yellow Weaver |
21 |
35 |
|
|
|
56 |
802 |
Southern Brown-throated Weaver |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
803 |
Southern Masked Weaver |
|
|
|
|
91 |
91 |
804 |
Thick-billed Weaver |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
805 |
Red-billed Quelea |
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
808 |
Southern Red Bishop |
|
|
|
|
2 |
2 |
816 |
Fan-tailed Widow |
4 |
|
|
|
1 |
5 |
823 |
Bronze Mannikin |
|
2 |
|
|
|
2 |
837 |
Red-billed Firefinch |
2 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
843 |
Common Waxbill |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
859 |
Yellow-eyed Canary |
12 |
|
|
|
|
12 |
863 |
Bully Canary |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
1172 |
Cape White-eye |
2 |
|
|
8 |
|
10 |
|
Totals |
101 |
110 |
3 |
12 |
142 |
368 |
Ringing at Lake Eteza |