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Rusty Justy

Post subject: Re: Where are the secretary birds in the KNP?

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 7:37 am

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Found one last weekend in Pumba Game Reserve here in the Eastern Cape.......Only the second sighting for the general Grahamstown area in 1 and a half years.....

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Post subject: Re: Where are the secretary birds in the KNP?

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 1:23 pm

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When I worked in the Sabi Sands in 2006 & 2007 we had 1 pair of Secretary birds that frequented the property. They would be absent for months and then common. I do have recollection of seeing 2 pairs in one day on the property.

As far as KNP sightings go it is a bird I see just about every time. Last time was Dec 09 and saw a pair between Satara and Tshokwane.

Satara area is good and most of my sightings of this bird are during the late morning and mid afternoon. That may explain why many people who aren't driving at these times, miss seeing this species. Its also a bird that I see often on the traditional day out to Pafuri from Shingwedzi. I often have sightings of these birds at waterholes such as Boyela when its 40 degrees and you are desperate to get back to camp!
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Lizet Grobbelaar

Post subject: Re: Where are the secretary birds in the KNP?

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 2:37 pm

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Maybe they all moved to the Kgalagadi! :huh:

During our latest visit to the KTFP in March we saw on our first drive 1 bird, and the following day we had another pair (all close to TweeRiveren).
On our 2nd last day (North on the Aoubriver road) we saw 5 pairs together! That was quite a sighting, seeing 10 birds around one waterhole!

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michel367

Post subject: Re: Where are the secretary birds in the KNP?

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 2:50 pm

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And no pictures with all 10 of them on it? :big_eyes:

Great picture Lizet. :thumbs_up:

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Bobbi Jane

Post subject: Re: Where are the secretary birds in the KNP?

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 3:39 pm

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Location: Sommernethi

Lizet - Yeah great picture (all your pics are great). SB with orange face? Is it a young bird? :hmz:

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Lizet Grobbelaar

Post subject: Re: Where are the secretary birds in the KNP?

Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 4:15 pm

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michel367 wrote:

And no pictures with all 10 of them on it? :big_eyes:

Great picture Lizet. :thumbs_up:

Thanks, but unfortunately not!

They where a bit far and scattered around - not a great shot...

Bobbi wrote:

Lizet - Yeah great picture (all your pics are great). SB with orange face? Is it a young bird? :hmz:

Thanks.

The adult's face can be from orange to red (not sure if it changes in breeding season?) and the younger birds more a dull yellow, so this will be an adult then...

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Rusty Justy

Post subject: Re: Where are the secretary birds in the KNP?

Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 6:17 pm

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Great photograph! :clap:

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Post subject: Re: Secretary Bird

Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 10:51 pm

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During our last holiday in KNP we watched a Secretary Bird in Flight! It was amazing to see the bird soaring to a great height.

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Grantmissy

Post subject: Re: Secretary Bird

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 2:26 pm

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We were fortunate to see two Secretary Birds on 7 May 2010 on the S143. They were about three meters away from our vehicle and we watched them for quite a while before they moved away out of sight. It was a very special sighting for us.

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Rusty Justy

Post subject: Re: Secretary Bird

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 7:18 pm

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Elzet, wonderful photographs.... :pray:

Glad to see some successful breeding happening in the area...

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El-Bok

Post subject: Re: Where are the secretary birds in the KNP?

Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:44 pm

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Saw this one near Lower Sabie a few days back

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Rusty Justy

Post subject: Re: Where are the secretary birds in the KNP?

Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 7:07 pm

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Nice One

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wingman

Post subject: Re: Secretary Bird

Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:57 pm

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Location: Durban Kwazulu Natal SA

Hi Ive just returned from KNP in June and saw these birds at following localities:
S28 Lower Sabie Mac waterhole area
H1-4 Satara Ntomeni dam area
S143 Mopani tropic of Capricorn loop Tihongonyeni waterhole

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normana53

Post subject: Re: Where are the secretary birds in the KNP?

Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:20 pm

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September, 2009 we saw this one and one other near the Nkumbe View site on the H10.

They were patrolling a recently burned area looking for a bite to eat.

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Wild about cats

Post subject: Re: Where are the secretary birds in the KNP?

Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 7:20 pm

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Havent seen any on the Nossob cam for a while..

I found this

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The four large vultures decreased dramatically (98%) outside protected areas. The Hooded Vulture also collapsed over wide regions, but survived locally. Medium-size and large eagles, and the Secretary Bird, similarly declined >90% outside, but not inside, national parks, where woodland species also reach their highest frequency.

Interseting as people have commented that populations inside the parks have also seemed to decrease.

This is just alarming.

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Threats
Although its population is distributed over a vast area covering more than 15 million square kilometres, the secretarybird is generally in decline, and is thought to have completely disappeared from West Africa within the last 30 years (1) (2) (5). This species is increasingly threatened by the expansion of human populations, and the associated spread of cultivation and urbanisation (1) (2). On a smaller scale, some populations of the secretarybird are at risk from hunting and persecution, with several individuals found poisoned or injured in South Africa in recent years (5).

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