Bird Identification Workshop

Contribution by:
Aan De Doorns Geusthouse

Over the weekend 30 July 2011 we attended a workshop on bird identification, presented by Dr Anton Odendal of Overberg Birdlife.

You may say birding, well as a first time novice I must admit what an experience.
It’s clear Anton has been around the block and know his birding. The practical tips were useful even to get a first time novice like me going.

Armed with an overload of information and most probably dangerous with this first time knowledge I started to follow Anton’s tips and advice, starting with a life list in our garden.

Suddenly the garden life changed, as one start to notice that it is not just birds in the garden, but now you can actually identify them, give them names, and start to appreciate one of the things that is so easy to take for granted, our birdlife.

Well to conclude spending time in the garden is now more than just doing the lawn.