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List of publications by Dieter Oschadleus

  • Oschadleus HD. 1986 Orange-breasted Sunbird (753) bathing in water. Promerops 176:12
  • Oschadleus HD. 1987 Error unmasked. Custos16(1):8.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1987 Masked Weavers building nests on fences. Albatross 290:11.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1988 Incubation period of the Masked Weaver. Ostrich 59:42
  • Oschadleus HD. 1988 Sightings - Jackal Buzzard, Black Duck, Namaqua Duck, Chaffinch. Promerops 186:13-15.
  • Oschadleus, D., and Fraser, M. 1988 Observations of colour-ringed Cape Sugarbirds at Kirstenbosch. Safring News 17:59-64.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1989 Swifts and swallows around Dundee. Albatross 297:4-5.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1989 Redbilled Queleas in Dundee. Bokmakierie 41(2):36-37.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1989 Spottedbacked Weaver dies building a nest. Laniarius 37:18.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1991 Paradise Flycatcher eating butterflies. Laniarius 44:18.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1991 Nest-trapping Masked Weavers. Safring News 20:27-31.
  • Tobias, P.V., J.C. Vogel, H.D. Oschadleus, T.C. Partridge and J.K. McKee. 1993 New isotopic and sedimentological measurements of the Thabaseek deposits (South Africa) and the dating of the Taung hominid. Quaternary Research 40:360-367.
  • Oschadleus D. 1994 Kosi Bay - A South African Paradise. Sciendaba 34(18), 23 September 1994.
  • Heyraud, M., Cherry, R.D., Oschadleus, H.-D., Augustyn, C.J., Cherry, M.I., Sealy, J.C. 1994 Polonium-210 and lead-210 in edible molluscs from near the Cape of Good Hope: Sources of variability in polonium-210 concentrations. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 24:253-272.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1994 Ferns growing in sparrow's nest. Veld & Flora 80(4):133.
  • Oschadleus D. 1994 Birds of the Natal coast. Emateks 5(6):4.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1995 Tswaing (Soutpan) Crater Museum - Request for Old Fieldguides. Laniarius 56:21-22.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1995 Request for Thickbilled Weaver Sightings. Laniarius 56:22.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1995 Swift and Swallow drinking patterns. Laniarius 56:26; reprinted in Birding in Southern Africa 47(2):49.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1995 Sighting of Ross's Loerie. Laniarius 56:27.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1995 Sightings: Thickbilled Weaver; Halfcollared Kingfisher. Laniarius 56:28-29.
  • Oschadleus D. 1995 Bat poetry. The BIG News 2:5.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1995 The Blackwinged Stilt. Emateks 6(3):8.
  • Oschadleus D. 1995 Bi-KNOCK-ulars. Laniarius 57:11.
  • Oschadleus D. 1995 Water birds of the CSIR. Laniarius 57:18-19.
  • Oschadleus D. 1995 SASQUA training workshop. SASQUA Newsletter 25:4.
  • Oschadleus D. 1995 Masked Weaver Roost. Laniarius 58:24.
  • Oschadleus D. 1995 Masked Weaver feeding on Mexican Trumpet Flowers. Laniarius 58:25.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1995 Birds of Tswaing. Your Future, Pretoria.
  • Oschadleus D. 1995 Masked Weaver male feeding chicks. Laniarius 59:14-15.
  • Oschadleus D. 1995 Hornbills of the world by Dr Alan Kemp. Laniarius 59:20.
  • Oschadleus D. 1995 Conservation News Update. Laniarius 59:24.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1995 Structure and function in Cape Weaver nests. Ostrich 66:98-100.
  • Oschadleus D. 1996 Table Topics. Vital News 1(3):4.
  • Oschadleus, H.D., Vogel, J.C., & Scott, L. 1996 Radiometric date for the Port Durnford peat and development of yellow-wood forest along the South African east coast. S. Afr. J. Sci. 92:43-45.
  • Oschadleus D. 1996 Dr Aldo Berutti Speaks .... Laniarius 60:4-5.
  • Oschadleus D. 1996 Masked Weaver predator. Laniarius 60:9.
  • Oschadleus D. 1996 Tswaing Bird Identification Course. 2-3 December 1995. Laniarius 60:10.
  • Oschadleus D. 1996 Mixed-formation flying. Laniarius 60:12.
  • Oschadleus D. 1996 Paradise Flycatcher bathing. Laniarius 60:13.
  • Oschadleus D. 1996 When Eagles Soar. Vital News 1(5):2
  • Oschadleus HD. 1996 Official Opening of Tswaing. Laniarius 61:11.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1996 Nature's Umbrella. Laniarius 61:21.
  • Oschadleus, H.D., & Menzies, N. 1996 Little Swifts Overwintering. Laniarius 61:22.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1996 Bird Photography. Laniarius 61:22.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1996 Incubation and nestling periods of the Masked Weaver. Ostrich 67:46-47.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1996 Collective Nouns. Laniarius 62:9.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1996 The Blue Swallow. Laniarius 62:18-19.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1996 The Blue Swallow. [steven] Laniarius 62:18-19.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1996 Male Masked Weavers Feeding Young. Laniarius 62:21.
  • Oschadleus HD. 1996 Why do Wagtails Wag their Tails? Laniarius 62:22.
  • Oschadleus, H.D., Geyser, R.D., & Heyne, H. 1996 Ticks on African Marsh Warbler. Safring News 25:13-14.
  • Oschadleus D. 1996 Weaving death traps. Bird Numbers 6:30-31
  • Oschadleus D. 1996 Song in Male Masked Weavers. Laniarius 63:16.
  • Oschadleus D. 1996 New Developments at Austin Roberts. Laniarius 63:20.
  • Oschadleus D. 1996 Camps and Outings: Tswaing 3 November. Laniarius 63:24.
  • Oschadleus D. 1996 Vital Communicator's 200th meeting. Vital News 2(9):3.
  • Oschadleus D. 1997 Some Highlights of the Ninth Pan-African Ornithological Congress (PAOC). Laniarius 64:5-6
  • Oschadleus D. 1997 Fiscal Shrike kills Cape Sparrow. Laniarius 64:11
  • Oschadleus D. 1997 Masked Weaver Attacks Lesser Honeyguides. Laniarius 64:21
  • Oschadleus D. 1997 Eight Years Later ... Laniarius 65:1
  • Oschadleus D. 1997 Common Terns. Laniarius 65:18
  • Oschadleus D. 1997 A Casino Next to the Botanical Gardens? Laniarius 65:1?
  • Oschadleus D. 1997 Masked Weaver Survival. Laniarius 66:15
  • Oschadleus D. 1997 Lesser Masked Weaver in Pretoria. Laniarius 67:8
  • Oschadleus D. 1997 Blackheaded race of the Spottedbacked Weaver. Laniarius 67:1?
  • Oschadleus D. 1997 Forktailed Drongo in the Kruger Park. Laniarius 67:18
  • Oschadleus D. 1997 Computerised schedules. Safring News 26:82
  • Oschadleus, D. & Best, C. 1997 Reportback on the Redbilled Quelea Project. Safring News 26:83
  • Oschadleus D. 1997 SAFRING authority cards for ringers. Safring News 26:84
  • [Oschadleus, D.] 1998 Safring news. [African Black Oystercatcher]. Africa - Birds & Birding 3(2):14
  • [Oschadleus, D.] 1998 Safring news. Grey Plover. Little Green Bulbul. Africa - Birds & Birding 3(4):13
  • Oschadleus D. 1998 Safring news. Sandwich Tern. Northern Giant Petrel. Africa - Birds & Birding 3(5):11
  • Oschadleus D. 1998 SAFRING 50 years old Bird Numbers 7(2):2
  • Oschadleus D. 1998 Bird of prey recoveries Bird Numbers 7(2):2-4
  • Oschadleus D. 1998 White Stork longevity. Honeyguide 44:139
  • Oschadleus D. 1998 Masked Weaver feeding Laniarius 69:10
  • Oschadleus D. 1998 Recovered Olive Thrushes. Laniarius 69:16
  • Oschadleus, D. & Geyser, R. 1998 Cape Robin in Botanical Gardens Laniarius 70:5
  • Oschadleus, D. & Best, C. 1998 Joint editorial. Safring News 27:1-2
  • Oschadleus D. 1998 Report on the 1997-98 ringing year. Safring News 27:21-25
  • Oschadleus HD. 1998 Report on selected recoveries received at SAFRING: July 1997 - June 1998. Safring News 27:26-31
  • Oschadleus D. 1998 I.O.C. round table on ringing. Safring News 27:45
  • Oatley, T.B., Oschadleus, H.D., Navarro, R.A. & Underhill, L.G. 1998 Review of ring recoveries of birds of prey in southern Africa: 1948-1998 Johannesburg: Endangered Wildlife Trust
  • Oschadleus, HD. 1998 SAFRING raptor ring recoveries: July 1998 to June 1999. Journal of African Raptor Biology 13:52-56
  • Oschadleus, D. & Best, C. 1999 Safring News. [Bronzewinged Courser]. Africa - Birds & Birding 4(1):29
  • Oschadleus, H.D. & Whittington, P. 1999 Safring News. [Jackass Penguins]. Africa - Birds & Birding 4(2):15
  • Oschadleus HD. 1999 Safring News. Quelea migration. Africa - Birds & Birding 4(3):19
  • Oschadleus, D. & Underhill, L. 1999 Safring News. Sanderling migration. Africa - Birds & Birding 4(4):21
  • Oschadleus D. 1999 Safring News. [Hartlaub's Gull engraved rings]. Africa - Birds & Birding 4(5):21
  • Oschadleus D. 1999 Safring News: Collisions with windows. Africa - Birds & Birding 4(6):23
  • Oschadleus HD. 1999 Incubation attentiveness in Paradise Flycatchers Bird Numbers 8(2):12-14
  • Oschadleus D. 1999 Sightings [Black Eagle, Gymnogene] Promerops 238:21
  • Oschadleus D. 1999 Colour-ringed gulls and terns. Promerops 240:23
  • Oschadleus D. 1999 Editorial. Safring News 28:1
  • Oschadleus, H.D. & Underhill, L.G. 1999 SAFRING ringing totals over 50 years. Safring News 28:11-13
  • Oschadleus, HD. 1999 Redheaded Weaver weights from ringing records. Safring News 28:17-20
  • Underhill, LG & Oschadleus, HD. 1999 New ring developments. Safring News 28:21-22
  • Oschadleus, HD. 1999 Report on the 1998-1999 ringing year. Safring News 28:31-34
  • Oschadleus, HD. 1999 Report on recoveries received at SAFRING: July 1998 - June 1999. Safring News 28:35-41
  • Oschadleus, HD. 1999 Report on the International Conference on 100 Years of Bird Ringing, 1899-1999, Helgoland, Germany. Safring News 28:47-48
  • Oschadleus D. 1999 Review of Bub 1991 [reprint] Safring News 28:55
  • Underhill LG, Tree AJ, Oschadleus HD, Parker V 1999 Review of ring recoveries of waterbirds in southern Africa Cape Town: Avian Demography Unit
  • Underhill, L. [=HDO] 2000 Safring News. Knob-billed Duck. Africa - Birds & Birding 5(1):22
  • Oschadleus HD. 2000 Safring News. Cat recoveries. Africa - Birds & Birding 5(2):15
  • Oschadleus D. 2000 Safring News. Golden oldie gulls. Africa - Birds & Birding 5(3):18
  • Oschadleus D. 2000 Safring News. Bird ringing news. Africa - Birds & Birding 5(3):18
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2000 Purple Heron diet. Africa - Birds & Birding 5(3):19
  • Oschadleus D. 2000 SAFRING News. Owl pellets. Africa - Birds & Birding 5(4):16
  • Oschadleus D. 2000 Safring News. Oldest raptor. Africa - Birds & Birding 5(5):14
  • Oschadleus, D & Underhill, L. 2000 Safring News. Common and Antarctic Terns. Africa - Birds & Birding 5(6):15
  • Oschadleus D. 2000 High-security housing. Africa - Birds & Birding 5(6):16
  • Anon. [=HDO/CB] 2000 Redwinged Starlings. African Wildlife
  • Oschadleus D. 2000 Recoveries in Gauteng Province July - December, 1999 Bokmakierie 188:10
  • Oschadleus HD. 2000 Recoveries in the Eastern Cape July - December 1999 Bee-eater 51(3):33
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2000 First bird ringing course held at Witsand Reserve Bird Numbers 9(1):14
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2000 Whitewinged Tern recovery Bird Numbers 9(2):23
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2000 Leaf stripping in African weaverbirds Bird Numbers 9(2):28-30
  • Whittington, PA, Crawford, RJM, Huyser, O, Oschadleus, D., et al. (eds) 2000 African Penguin Population and Habitat Viability Assessment. Final Report. IUCN/SSC: Apple Valley, MN.
  • Oschadleus D. 2000 Ringing recoveries in the Western Cape - July to December 1999 Promerops 242:27
  • Oschadleus D. 2000 Editorial. Safring News 29: 1-2
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2000 SAFRING record keeping. Safring News 29:32-36
  • Oschadleus, HD & Underhill, LG. 2000 Analysis of ringing records at Witsand. Safring News 29:50-53
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2000 Editorial. Safring News 29:57
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2000 Wakkerstroom ringing training course. Safring News 29:85-87
  • Oschadleus, HD, Underhill, LG & Wolfaardt, AC. 2000 Tribute to the ringers. Safring News 29:88-89
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2000 Report on the 1999-2000 ringing year. Safring News 29:90-92
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2000 Report on recoveries received at SAFRING: July 1999-June 2000. Safring News 29:93-99
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2000 Red-billed Quelea Movements in Southern Africa shown by Ringing Recoveries in the SAFRING database. Research priorities for migrant pests in southern Africa pp125-135
  • De Beer, SJ, Lockwood, GM, Raijmakers, JHFA, Raijmakers, JMH, Scott, WA, HDO & LGU 2000 ADU Guide 5. SAFRING bird ringing manual. Cape Town: Avian Demography Unit
  • Oschadleus, HD, Underhill, GD & Underhill, LG. 2000 Timing of breeding and primary moult of the Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus in the summer and winter rainfall regions of South Africa Ostrich 71:91-94
  • Oschadleus HD. 2001 Bibliography of the African quelea species Cape Town: Avian Demography Unit
  • Oschadleus, D., Underhill, L & Ryan, P. 2001 SAFRING news. Cory's & Scopoli's Shearwaters. Africa - Birds & Birding 6(2):22-23
  • Oschadleus D. 2001 SAFRING news. Damara Tern migration. Africa - Birds & Birding 6(3):19
  • Oschadleus D. 2001 Nest traps Africa - Birds & Birding 6(4): 9
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2001 Bird ringing - is it still a useful tool? Bird Numbers 10(1):39-40
  • Oschadleus D. 2001 Predicting polygyny in ploceids. Bird Numbers 10(2):35-36
  • [Oschadleus, D.] 2001 The Southern African Bird Ringing Unit (Safring) Promerops: centre
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2001 An updated bibliography of the African Quelea species S. Afr. J. Sci. 97:339-340
  • Oschadleus D. 2001 Editorial. Afring News 30:1
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2001 Mass loss in Masked and Cape Weavers and Redbilled Quelea. Afring News 30:19-22
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2001 Photo: GDc Sunbird Afring News 30:31
  • [Oschadleus, HD.] 2001 Electronic schedules. Afring News 30:38
  • Oschadleus D. 2001 Phot: Griffon Vulture Afring News 30:51
  • Oschadleus D. 2001 Editorial. Afring News 30:53
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2001 Wakkerstroom National Ringing Training Course, 1-8 December 2001. Afring News 30:68-70
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2001 Report on the 2000-2001 ringing year. Afring News 30:71-73
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2001 Report on recoveries received at SAFRING: July 2000-June 2001. Afring News 30:74-81
  • Oschadleus D. 2002 Gymnogene movement. Africa - Birds & Birding 7(1):13
  • Cooper, J, Underhill, L & Oschadleus, D. 2002 Ancient mariner. Safring's oldest ringed bird approaches its half century. Africa - Birds & Birding 7(2):14
  • Oschadleus D. 2002 First Lesser Blackbacked Gull ring recovery in SA; Mystery Red-tailed Tropicbird. Africa - Birds & Birding 7(4):15
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2002 SAFRING News. Swift Swallow. Africa - Birds & Birding 7(5):11
  • Oschadleus HD & le Roux J. 2002 Longevity and dispersal in Swift Terns Africa - Birds & Birding 7(6):19
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2002 Forest Weaver ringing history. Bird Numbers 11(1):34-35
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2002 The Wood Sandpiper in South Africa - data from counting, atlasing and ringing. The Ring 24:71-78
  • Oschadleus D. 2002 Report on southern African vulture recoveries. Vulture News 46:16-18
  • Oschadleus HD & Harebottle DM 2002 Overlap of incubation and primary moult in Crowned Plover. Afring News 31:26
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2002 Ringing Report for Botswana, July 2000 - June 2001. Babbler 40:84
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2002 Ringing report for the Eastern Cape, July 2000 - June 2001. Bee-eater 53(2):23-24
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2002 Ringing report for the Free State, July 2000 - June 2001. Mirafra 18(3-4):31
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2002 Ringing report for KwaZulu-Natal, July 2000 - June 2001. Albatross 346:34-35
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2002 Ringing report for Gauteng, July 2000 - June 2001. Laniarius 84:31
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2002 Ringing report for Namibia, July 2000 - June 2001. Lanioturdus 35(2):6-7
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2002 Ringing report for Mpumulanga, July 2000 - June 2001. Hornbill 65:29-30
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2002 Ringing report for the Western Cape, July 2000 - June 2001. Promerops 251:31
  • Oschadleus, D & Shaw, K. 2002 Redbilled Quelea at Three Sisters. Promerops 251:17
  • Oschadleus, D & Harebottle, D 2002 A survey of roadkills, with special emphasis on birds Bird Numbers 11(2):42-44
  • Oschadleus, D & Underhill, L. 2002 Twenty five years of Wood Sandpiper ringing from southern Africa. Wader Study Group Bulletin 99:19-20
  • Oschadleus, HD. 2002 Incubation attentiveness in Ploceidae. Proceedings Intern. Orn. Congress 23:275
  • Harebottle, D & Oschadleus, D. 2002 ADU roadshow, 6-20 September 2002. BLSA Newsletter 5(4):32
  • Oschadleus D. 2003 SAFRING News. Little Stint. Africa - Birds & Birding 8(1):17
  • Oschadleus D. 2003 SAFRING News. European Marsh Warbler. Africa - Birds & Birding 8(3):13
  • Oschadleus D & de Swardt D. 2003 SAFRING News. Malachite Sunbird. Africa - Birds & Birding 8(4):9
  • Oschadleus D & Underhill L 2003 European Storm Petrel. Africa - Birds & Birding 8(5):12
  • Oschadleus D. 2003 Bird ringing - good or bad? Bokmakierie 201:25-26
  • Oschadleus D. 2003 Editorial. Afring News 32: 1
  • Oschadleus HD. 2003 Report on the 2001-2002 ringing year. Afring News 32:16-18
  • Oschadleus HD. 2003 Report on recoveries received at SAFRING: July 2001-June 2002. Afring News 32:19-22
  • Oschadleus HD & Lotz CN. 2003 Bird ringing on Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Afring News 32:23-26
  • Oschadleus HD. 2003 Obituary. Manfred B. Schmitt. Afring News 32:38
  • Oschadleus D. 2003 Editorial. Afring News 32:41
  • Ward VL, Oschadleus HD, Symes CT & Brown M. 2003 Review of ringing and biometry of Forest Canaries . Afring News 32:65-68
  • Harebottle DM, Oschadleus HD, Ford MA 2003 Road counts of crows and other raptors in Namaqualand, Northern Cape. Bird Numbers 12(2):17-20
  • Oschadleus HD 2003 Cape Weaver population on Robben Island. Bird Numbers 12(2):27-30
  • Oschadleus HD, Dyer BM, Crawford RJM & Upfold L. 2003 Sociable Weaver roadside nest densities in southern Namibia. Lanioturdus 36(3):12-17
  • Oschadleus D 2004 Cape Weaver roadside colonies in the SW Cape Promerops 257:18
  • Oschadleus D 2004 Vulture ringing report - southern Africa. Vulture News 49:17-18
  • Oschadleus HD & Lotz CN 2004 June counts of waders, waterbirds and seabirds on Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Wader Study Group Bulletin 103:78-80
  • Oschadleus D 2004 SAFRING News. Red-backed Shrike. Africa - Birds & Birding 9(4):16
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