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Re: Yellow Billed Oxpecker-South/Central Kruger
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 9:28 am
by Dzombo
Yup, as I said above
YBO becoming a lot more common
Re: Yellow Billed Oxpecker-South/Central Kruger
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 10:21 am
by Richprins
Kruger Sightings
Verified account @LatestKruger
23h23 hours ago
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
Re: Yellow Billed Oxpecker-South/Central Kruger
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 10:22 am
by Lisbeth
They are becoming common down there
Re: Yellow Billed Oxpecker-South/Central Kruger
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2019 10:31 pm
by PJL
On the S79....
Re: Yellow Billed Oxpecker-South/Central Kruger
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 7:36 am
by Richprins
Re: Yellow Billed Oxpecker-South/Central Kruger
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 7:38 am
by Flutterby
Re: Yellow Billed Oxpecker-South/Central Kruger
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:53 am
by Lisbeth
I wonder why they are moving south now. Maybe climate change
Re: Yellow Billed Oxpecker-South/Central Kruger
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:58 am
by Richprins
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!
Re: Yellow Billed Oxpecker-South/Central Kruger
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:32 am
by Lisbeth
Maybe
Re: Yellow Billed Oxpecker-South/Central Kruger
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 1:41 pm
by Peter Betts
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
