Birding – Eye on Life

Tue, Dec 6, 2022

Eye on Life

Broad interest online magazine

Protected: Looking skyward

Aug 20, 2022Aug 20, 2022 eyeonlif birds, knowledge, long ago, travel, twitching, venus

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Let’s twitch again!

Jun 7, 2022Jun 7, 2022 eyeonlif 0 Comments Antarctic, birds, boats, harbour, Kalk Bay, rare bird, Snowy Sheathbill, twitchers, vagrant bird

After a quiet spell in the twitching world (no rarities spotted for a while), things have started to hot up

Our first winter rain

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 eyeonlif 0 Comments autumn, birds, colder, rain, water, windy, winter

At last a day of rain for Cape Town. Autumn has been late, and winter may be far behind, but

At the feeder

Apr 19, 2022Apr 19, 2022 eyeonlif 0 Comments birdlife, birds, bulbuls, feeder, garden, sparrows, sugarbirds, sunbirds, trees, weavers

After a quiet time at the feeder, the birds are back in numbers again. Perhaps they found somewhere else to

A salt pan story

Jan 18, 2022Jan 18, 2022 eyeonlif 0 Comments adventure, birds, rarities, rough road, salt pan, twitchers, Velddrif

The trouble with wanting to chase after birds in out-of-the-way places is that, once you reach the end of the

Feathers flying

Dec 30, 2021Dec 30, 2021 eyeonlif 0 Comments avian activity, birds, Cape Town, deck, feathers, feeder, garden, kommetjie, nature

Over the last week there has been plenty of opportunity to sit on the deck and watch the avian antics

It takes time and patience

Dec 16, 2021Dec 16, 2021 eyeonlif 1 Comment birds, Cape Town, False Bay, healthy, nature, rarities, sewage works

Bird watching – and the extreme version, twitching – can take you to the most interesting places. I would say

Protected: A tree full of birds

Dec 6, 2021Dec 6, 2021 eyeonlif birds, Cape Point, kommetjie, nature, rarities, twitching

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Preparing for a twitch

Oct 11, 2021Oct 11, 2021 eyeonlif 1 Comment beauty, birds, Cape Town, fresh air, healthy, nature

There is a plaque on the wall in the garage stating the obvious: Perfect Preparation Prevents Poor Performance. If only

Benefits of birding

Sep 1, 2021Sep 1, 2021 eyeonlif 0 Comments birding, birds, fresh air, nature, photos, silence, twitch

The side-effects of pursuing the hobby of birdwatching are many and varied – observation skills are honed as you gaze

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