Skimmers, Gulls & Terns

[Richprins]

Chris P @ SANParks
@Chris_SANParks
After a month's absence a single African Skimmer is back @ Lower Sabie's Sunset Dam in @SANParksKNP
photos by Werner van der Walt, Desiree van Jaarsveld & Johan Bader
6:25 PM · Aug 13, 2020

[Lisbeth]

(One has been seen, but there might be more )

I wonder if it's the climate change It's getting warmer in the south. Also the yellow-billed oxpeckers have moved south

[Peter Betts]

(One has been seen, but there might be more )

I wonder if it's the climate change It's getting warmer in the south. Also the yellow-billed oxpeckers have moved south

Its not so much climate Change but they need Good Sand banks for nesting Without Human Population to raid for eggs..Like the Zambians do along the Zambezi ..Im sure the birds left because of Nest theft and the Sabie River near Lower Sabie has very suitable nest sites

[Richprins]

Now Sable Dam!




Kruger Sightings
@LatestKruger
5:40 pm
3 African Skimmers on the move
Sable Dam, on the S51
Near Phalaborwa Gate
5/5
Tinged by Renè
5:48 PM · Aug 27, 2020

[Peter Betts]

This is such great news

[Peter Betts]

(One has been seen, but there might be more )

I wonder if it's the climate change It's getting warmer in the south. Also the yellow-billed oxpeckers have moved south

The Yellow Billed Oxpeckers have moved South through No Cattle Chemical Dipping around Kruger ..One of the only benefits of a Non working Modern Continent

[Richprins]

Chris P @ SANParks
@Chris_SANParks
The remarkable tale of the re-colonization of @SANParksKNP
by AFRICAN SKIMMERS after an 80 year absence is well documented. SANParks' Trails Ranger John Adamson found a pair of skimmers with 4 chicks along the Lonely Bull Backpack Trail near Letaba on Freedom Day 27th April
Image
9:41 PM · Apr 29, 2021

[Lisbeth]

[Richprins]

Kruger Sightings
@LatestKruger
·
20h
1:36pm
1 African Skimmer stationary
"Flying low, skimming. Now resting between crocs on the western shore"
Sunset Dam, off H4-1
Near Lower Sabie
5/5
Tinged by Louise

[Lisbeth]

Still only one or two at a time. Anyway sunset dam is too small for many of them