Kruger Sightings
@LatestKruger
December 2017
Ground hornbill with spring hare and yellow-bellied sand snake close to Letaba
Tinged by Dalleen van Zyl
Re: Hornbill - Bird of the Month: November 2012
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 10:22 am
by Flutterby
Two in one!!
Re: Hornbill - Bird of the Month: November 2012
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 10:37 am
by Richprins
And springhare!
Re: Hornbill - Bird of the Month: November 2012
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 11:43 am
by Klipspringer
That's a gift collection for the mate.
Re: Hornbill - Bird of the Month: November 2012
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 12:21 pm
by Lisbeth
I should have married a ground hornbill
Re: Hornbill - Bird of the Month: November 2012
Posted: Thu May 28, 2020 11:19 am
by 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
Re: Hornbill - Bird of the Month: November 2012
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 4:56 pm
by 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.
Re: Hornbill - Bird of the Month: November 2012
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 5:39 pm
by 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!