International Vulture Day Sept 5

The whitebacks are not common, but they are most certainly about! Well worth keeping an eye out for. I will try and post some images of what the differences are between the 3 vultures in the near future, although I think the updated website will more than likely beat me to that! It will be worth keeping an eye out for as well. The updated site will increase usability, and hopefully boost numbers. If you have mates who are not yet registered, I encourage you to get them to register as the number of users is growing daily! The more the merrier! Lets keep hiking in the mountains a thing for future generations to enjoy also! I for one will be taking my offspring to enjoy the chain ladder, hopefully this summer (the oldest is 8, the middle is 5 and the youngest yet to turn 3...)

ps: keep an eye out for my new story on frogs in the Berg... it will be an eye opener on what frogs mean to the environment and how frogs can indicate the impact man is having on an environment!

@fatshark: I made the same assumption about the vultures.

@Dom: look forward to those articles.

@Fatshark and Intrepid: I have recently found out from Sonja Krueger (from whose vulture work in the Berg much of the article was used), that Whitebacks actually do NOT occur in the Berg. They are tree-top nesters, and as such don't get much opportunity to nest in the Berg. ie: The only 2 species in the Berg are Cape and Bearded. Sorry for misleading, and I will make sure that next time I EDIT EDIT EDIT!

Frog story will be better!