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BIRD NUMBERS

The newsletter of the Avian Demography Unit

Volume 10 Number 1, July 2001

    © Avian Demography Unit 2001

BIRD NUMBERS is published by the AVIAN DEMOGRAPHY UNIT (ADU), Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa. It is distributed free of charge to ADU project participants.

The ADU is a research unit of the University of Cape Town and enjoys the partnership of BirdLife South Africa.

The mission of the Avian Demography Unit is to contribute to the improved understanding of bird populations, especially bird population dynamics, and thus make a contribution to their conservation. We achieve this through mass-participation projects, long-term monitoring, innovative statistical modelling and population-level interpretation of results. The emphasis is on the curation, analysis, publication and dissemination of data.

Editor: James A. Harrison
Technical editing and layout/DTP: Felicia Stoch
WEB-master: René Navarro

Contents

  1. Editorial
  2. Letters to the Editor
  3. Avian Demography Unit Annual Report 2000
  4. The ADU's anniversary ABC
  5. Four White Storks vanish, but one keeps going
  6. The White Stork - going where the food is
  7. Observations of Eagle congregations at a Redbilled Quelea colony in the Kruger National Park
  8. Breeding and vocalizations of Rudd's Lark - the vanishing ventriloquist
  9. Nestlings and nestling period of the Longbilled Pipit Anthus similis
  10. Nesting of Crowned Plovers in Pietermaritzburg
  11. Bird ringing - is it still a useful tool?
  12. Conserving southern African breeding seabirds with the aid of the Bonn Convention on Migratory Species
  13. And the bands played on
  14. The Adventures of Peter the Penguin
  15. Changes in distribution and abundance of waterbirds in South Africa
  16. Notes on the birds and other animals recorded at the Cunene River mouth from 6-8 January 2001
  17. Never say die - breeding behaviour in determined Dabchicks
  18. First record of Bartailed Godwit Limosa lapponica in the Free State, South Africa
  19. Herping and fishing in central Africa
  20. Publications by members of the ADU December 2000-November 2001
  21. Chirps from the past
  22. Birds in culture: Extract from Psyche in Scripture: the idea of the Chosen People and other essays.

Donors

Anonymous, A.M. Archer, B. Balchin, H.J. de Klerk, J. Friend, S. Geyser, Graaff-Reinet Bird Club, R. Mearns, P. and M. Neatherway, Reserve Bank Cycling, I. Sanderson-Smith, Sandton Bird Club, J. Spearpoint, F. van Proosdij.

We appreciate your support and confidence in the work of the Avian Demography Unit.

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