The Birders’ Get-Together, which is held under the auspices of the Namibia Bird Club, will take place from Wednesday 1 to Sunday 5 May 2024 (4 nights) at Alte Kalköfen Lodge.
For more information and further details please refer to the document below:
Details
2024
The 38th Annual General Meeting of the Namibia Bird Club will be held at Namibia Scientific Society, Windhoek on Wednesday 24 April 2024 at 19h00
Notice of the AGM
Agenda of the AGM
Meet: 08:00 at the entrance.
Directions: Directions: Follow Sam Nujoma Avenue (C28) out of town towards Daan Viljoen Park, turn right into Otjomuise Road (past Ramatex) and find the water care works on your left.
Remember: hat, drinking water, BINOCULARS
Children are welcome as long as they are accompanied by a responsible adult.
Meet: 07:00 in the dam wall car park
Directions: Follow Sam Nujoma Avenue (C28) east towards Hosea Kutako International Airport, turn left into Mac Kenzie Road, into Avis road and follow the road to the dam.
Remember: Entrance fee N$ 30.00
Children are welcome as long as they are accompanied by a responsible adult.
Dr Lucy Kemp - Project Coordinator of the Mabula Ground Hornbill Project will be giving a talk on the
Southern Ground Hornbill
Endangered Large Terrestrial Bird
Time: 19:00
Location: Namibia Scientific Society, 110 Robert Mugabe Avenue, Windhoek
Report by M. Kelly
13 people attended and the highlight was close observations of 2 Jacobin Cuckoos in the riverbed vegetation opposite the picnic site.
Steinheim Bird List
It is time for the February Garden Bird Survey
This survey is open to newcomers / neighbours / farmers and the general public.
Please find below three separate spreadsheets for:
City
Coastal towns
Farms and Lodges
'Left out sightings'
Any species SEEN in December and January that has not been recorded in Nov and now in Feb to be highlighted.
NO RECORDS have been submitted for the City centre: we need feedback of Swifts/Peregrines/feral Doves/House Sparrow’s/Rosy-faced Lovebirds etc. Anyone working 'in town'/City centre?
Looking forward to your submissions - send to the co-ordinator Innes Louw
Thank you to all that sent in observations in your garden in November 2023.
Report by Gulia Lewis:
On the nice cloudy morning of the 28th of January several like-minded people (15 members of the Bird Club) gathered together at Airport Hunting Lodge.
After the walk a nice picnic breakfast was enjoyed and the holiday months of December/January were discussed and the impressions of vacation birding were shared.
A total of 58 species of bird were heard / seen:
Airport Lodge Bird List
You are invited to submit your photos of birds of Namibia for the Calendar 2025.
You can send in up to five photographs in low resolution and please include the location where each photograph was taken.
Once you photo is chosen we will contact you and ask you for a high resolution photograph.
All chosen photographers will be duly credited.
No photographs taken of captive birds will be accepted. No photographs will be purchased.
Please email your photographs to Anita Zimny.
26 Greater Flamingoes and about 150 Maccoa Ducks were a nice surprise for those that went on the morning walk at Avis Dam.
A total of 65 species of bird were heard / seen:
Avis Dam Bird List