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BIRD NUMBERS

The newsletter of the Avian Demography Unit

Volume 14 Number 1, March 2008

Bird Numbers 14(1)     © 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

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Contents

  1. Letter to the Editor
  2. Escapee cage birds in suburbs of Johannesburg. C. Roche & A. Bedford-Shaw
  3. Breeding data for Short-tailed Pipit. G.B.P. Davies & M.B. Christian
  4. Breeding bustards in the Uniondale district, Little Karoo. K. Hampson
  5. African Black Coucal nests in KwaZulu-Natal. M.B. Christian & G.B.P. Davies
  6. Bigamy in Cape Sparrows. H.D. Oschadleus & M. Brooks
  7. Brimstone (Bully) Canaries Crithagra sulphuratus in the Zastron district, south-eastern Free State. D.H. de Swardt
  8. Short-clawed Lark: the western population revisited. G.D. Engelbrecht, J. Grosel & S.M. Dippenaar
  9. Why ring Caspian Terns? M.J. Wheeler
  10. First record of a “Crested Spurfowl”? D. Engelbrecht & J. Grosel
  11. European Starling uses overhead lines to evade sparrowhawk. A. Welz
  12. Notes on the status of the African Goshawk in Gauteng. R. Fieldwick
  13. Greater Flamingo chicks rescued in eastern Bushmanland. M.D. Anderson
  14. Appeal for help: look out for rings on Lesser Flamingoes
  15. The population status of seabirds at Penguin Island, 1997–2002. V.L. Ward & A.J. Williams
  16. There’s always one exception . . . K. Ludynia
  17. The Bird-sit Tree. P. Vos
  18. Gleaning by Red-winged Starling on Plain Zebra. J.W. Wilson
  19. Fowl flushings: Strandfontein sewage supports significant species. A.J. Williams
  20. A survey of waterbirds at Lake Ngami: December 2004. C.A. Brewster
  21. Estimating Maccoa Duck populations in South Africa using CWAC data. M.J. Wheeler
  22. Obituary: Kirsten Louw
  23. Chirps from the Past: Do young birds play?
  24. Birds in Culture
  25. Biologist’s ambivalence. M de Villiers
  26. The long drop at the Swartkop hut on Marion Island. M de Villiers
  27. Waterbird count on Vaal Dam. Jamie Smith
  28. Keurboom’s estuary. James Harrison
  29. Red Scoria breaks the island mist. John Cooper
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