ADU travels, expeditions and events
Landela 2005 Bird ringing course ,
11-17 November 2005
Organised by SAFRING
In November 2005 a ringing training course was held at the Landela camp, just outside Port Elizabeth.
There were 15 attendees (ringers and
trainees), ringing over 276 birds of 46 species over the duration of the course. Selected photos below
illustrate some highlights.
Photo H.D. Oschadleus
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One of the adult Black headed Oriole that were ringed. |
Photo H.D. Oschadleus
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An immature Black headed Oriole, showing the blackish beak and less defined colours. |
Photo H.D. Oschadleus
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One of the few Forest Weavers that were ringed. Dieter spent many hours following these birds around. |
Photo Peter Nupen
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Our ringing group hard at work! This group consisted of (from the left):
Bob Ellis, Dieter Oschadleus, Sampat Lokugalappatti (standing), Oscar Noels, Graham Oatley, Michael Brooks,
David Swanepoel, Cassy Sheasby, Christo Botes and Gerrie Horn (standing), with Peter Nupen behind the camera |
Photo H.D. Oschadleus
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A moment of SARCA. |
Photo H.D. Oschadleus
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A pair of Paradise flycatchers ringed early into the course. Having both birds at the same time was treat. |
Photo H.D. Oschadleus
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A Scaly-throated Honeyguide. A rare bird to have in the net. In 60 years of ringing only 121 are on record with 3 retraps. |
Photo H.D. Oschadleus
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A Red-fronted Tinkerbird. For many of us this was the first time to see this bird. |
Photo H.D. Oschadleus
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The Dusky Flycatcher that was ringed. |
Photo H.D. Oschadleus
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Numerous Green-backed Camaroptera were ringed during the course. |
Photo Peter Nupen
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Our group at the Landela forest during a quiet spell. |
Photo H.D. Oschadleus
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A Black bellied starling's eye before. |
Photo H.D. Oschadleus
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And after. The eye colour changes red when the bird is stressed. Remarkably it took a while for the eye to change colour.
The bird was "in hand" for at least 10 minutes before the eye changed colour |
The course yielded 275 birds of 46 species. Although there were relativey few birds caught, the number of species made up for it.
For many of the trainees, it was the first time to handel some of these species.
| Species | Ringed | Retrapped |
| Steppe Buzzard | 1 | |
| Cape Turtle Dove | 1 | |
| Red-eyed Dove | 1 | |
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | 2 | |
| Olive Woodpecker | | 1 |
| Redcollared Barbet | 2 | |
| Redfronted Tinker Barbet | 1 | |
| Lesser Honetguide | 3 | |
| Sharpbilled Honeyguide | 1 | |
| Scaleythroated Honeyguide | 1 | |
| Redfaced Mousebird | 4 | |
| African Hoopoe | 2 | 3 |
| Brownhooded Kingfisher | 4 | |
| Forktailed Drongo | 5 | |
| Blackheaded Oriole | 22 | 2 |
| Sombre Greenbul | 3 | |
| Terrestial Brownbul | 2 | |
| Olive Thrush | 3 | 1 |
| Cape Robin Chat | 6 | |
| Whitebrowed Scrub Robin | 1 | |
| Cape Bulbul | 1 | |
| Familiar Chat | 1 | |
| Bar throated Apalis | 5 | |
| Greenbacked Cameoptra | 6 | 1 |
| Willow Warbler | 3 | |
| Neddicky | 1 | |
| Cape Batis | 6 | 1 |
| Paradise Flycatcher | 3 | 2 |
| Dusky Flycatcher | 4 | 1 |
| Fiscal Flycatcher | | 1 |
| Fiscal Shrike | 1 | |
| Southern Boubou | 1 | |
| Blackbacked Puffback | 4 | 2 |
| Cape Wagtail | | 2 |
| Blackbellied Starling | 2 | 2 |
| Glossy Starling | 2 | |
| Cape White-eye | 142 | 6 |
| Collared Sunbird | 7 | 3 |
| Amethyst Sunbird | 4 | |
| Lesser Double collared Sunbird | 4 | |
| Greater Double collared Sunbird | 3 | |
| Greyheaded Sparrow | 1 | |
| Cape Weaver | 4 | |
| Forest Weaver | 4 | 3 |
| Goldenbreasted Bunting | 2 | 1 |
| Greater Striped Swallow | | 1 |
| Total | 275 | 33 |
We also managed to get a sighting of a pair of Narina Trogon on the farm!!
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