Southern Ground Hornbill - Bird of the Year in 2020

[Lisbeth]

That's Elzet's daughter's pic.

[Richprins]

[Richprins]

Kruger Sightings
@LatestKruger
December 2017
Ground hornbill with spring hare and yellow-bellied sand snake close to Letaba
Tinged by Dalleen van Zyl

[Flutterby]

Two in one!!

[Richprins]

And springhare!

[Klipspringer]

That's a gift collection for the mate.

[Lisbeth]

I should have married a ground hornbill

[Richprins]

Kruger Sightings
@LatestKruger
23 October 2016
Just past H1-6 I spotted a few ground hornbill’s and as usual I stopped and then noticed one of the birds shaking something vigorously.
I love tortoises so this was quite heartbreaking
Tinged by Sheila Newby Grobbelaar

[Klipspringer]

The Southern Ground Hornbill is South Africa’s Bird of the Year for 2020 and was the focus of a decade-long study by the Endangered Wildlife Trust. This Wild Chat with André Botha, manager of our Vultures for Africa Programme, will showcase some of the findings and share highlights from the fieldwork conducted to gain more insight into the fascinating lives of these charismatic, predominantly ground-living birds in one of Africa’s premier conservation areas.

[Richprins]

Thanks, Klippies!

I just phoned Andre, as Gump has been seeing them on his plantation trips to Elliot area in the Eastern Cape...he says thanks and they will pass on the info to the lady in KZN who does the hornbill research there!