Oxpeckers

Post by **Dzombo** » Wed Jul 31, 2019 9:28 am

Yup, as I said above
YBO becoming a lot more common

Post by **Richprins** » Fri Aug 02, 2019 10:21 am

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11:00 am
100+ Buffalo stationary
'Big herd with lots of Yellow billed Oxpeckers'
S32, at Orpen dam
Near Tshokwane
5/5
Tinged by Ailsa

Post by **Lisbeth** » Fri Aug 02, 2019 10:22 am

They are becoming common down there

Post by **PJL** » Wed Aug 07, 2019 10:31 pm

On the S79....

Post by **Richprins** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 7:36 am

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Post by **Lisbeth** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:53 am

I wonder why they are moving south now. Maybe climate change

Post by **Richprins** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:58 am

I think they have just been naturally expanding over the last 3 decades, Lis!

They came in by themselves from Zim in the 80s/90s, and at first were pretty much only in the Punda area! $\O$

Post by **Lisbeth** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:32 am

Maybe $\O$

Post by **Peter Betts** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 1:41 pm

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:53 am I wonder why they are moving south now. Maybe climate change

Lack of Spraying in Moz ..allows them to spread to their historical range ..when the Portuguese ran Mocambique there was a strict and efficient Spraying regime ....= the demise of Yellow Billed oxpeckers then ..now they are coming back as their food is not been poisoned anymore

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