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BIRD NUMBERS

The newsletter of the Avian Demography Unit

Volume 12 Number 2, December 2003

    © 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
Editorial Coordinator: Sue Kuiper
Technical editing and DTP: Marja Wren-Sargent
Digital graphics editing: René Navarro

Bird Numbers is now available in PDF format:    

Whole issue, pages 1-57; PDF 756 Kb

Contents

  1. PDF format, Pages 1-13; 74 Kb
    • Editorial
    • ADU highlights of 2003
    • Letters to the Editor
    • Donors
    • A myth in focus: does the biggest bird really have the biggest eye?
    • Splat!: the impact of traffic on wildlife
  2. PDF format, Pages 13-24; 188 Kb
    • An analysis of road-killed bird specimens in the collection of the Ornithology Department, National Museum, Bloemfontein
    • Road counts of crows and other raptors in Namaqualand, Northern Cape
    • New records and notes on the distribution of the Cape Eagle Owl in Namibia
    • Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor on the lower Gariep (Orange) River
  3. PDF format, Pages 25-35; 80 Kb
    • Observations on the feeding habits of a Greyheaded Bush Shrike Malaconotus blanchoti
    • Atlasing in Mozambique: the Marromeu-Chinde Public Transport River Barge
    • Cape Weaver population on Robben Island
    • Breeding success of Crowned Plovers, Blacksmith Plovers and Spotted Thick-knees in suburban areas
    • Breeding success of White Storks Ciconia ciconia in the Western Cape, South Africa
  4. PDF format, Pages 35-47; 170 Kb
    • How do Cape Gannet parents satisfy their young? (PDF 45 Kb)
    • Use of an anthropogenic structure as a nest site by Cape Siskin Pseudochloroptila totta 38 Breeding Redbilled Oxpeckers, Hoopoes and Glossy Starlings at Sun City, North West Province
    • Weyers Islands: a successful design for constructed heronries
    • Jena students’ visit, 20 September–9 October 2003
  5. PDF format, Pages 47-55; 254 Kb
    • Ronelle Visagie: project participant extraordinaire
    • Frog atlas project complete!
    • Publications by members of the ADU July–November 2003
    • Chirps from the past: Buntiana
  6. PDF format, Pages 56-57; 83 Kb
    • Birds in culture: Olivier Messiaen
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Document posted: 13-October-2004