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Birding with Aldo Join online courses with interactive groups. 13 courses for Beginners, Kruger, to specialist...

Bird of the Day. A fine portrait taken in the dry west of southern Africa, by Francois Kruger.
27/01/2025

Bird of the Day. A fine portrait taken in the dry west of southern Africa, by Francois Kruger.

Bird of the Day. Another superb flight shot of a swift from Pieter Bester.
25/01/2025

Bird of the Day. Another superb flight shot of a swift from Pieter Bester.

24/01/2025

Raptors online course 3 sessions Begins Mon 27
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Bird of the Day. Four intensive birding days done, and some of the best birding days on Sani Pass and Lesotho yet, inclu...
24/01/2025

Bird of the Day. Four intensive birding days done, and some of the best birding days on Sani Pass and Lesotho yet, including short-tailed Pipit and Black-headed Canary. This is one of my images of another of the specials.

Bird of the Day. An old favourite: a vocal but unobtrusive garden bird. One of mine from the Underberg district.
23/01/2025

Bird of the Day. An old favourite: a vocal but unobtrusive garden bird. One of mine from the Underberg district.

Bird of the Day. A bunting/canary type often associated with hilly and rocky areas. Portrait by David Fisher
22/01/2025

Bird of the Day. A bunting/canary type often associated with hilly and rocky areas. Portrait by David Fisher

Bird of the Day. An excellent flight shot from Pieter Bester. A swift with forked tail and white on the rump?
21/01/2025

Bird of the Day. An excellent flight shot from Pieter Bester. A swift with forked tail and white on the rump?

Bird of the Day. A fine image of a flycatcher from the drier west by David Fisher. Today is the first of 4 full field da...
20/01/2025

Bird of the Day. A fine image of a flycatcher from the drier west by David Fisher. Today is the first of 4 full field days for me, so the posts are scheduled in advance, but my follow-up comments may be missing.

Bird of the Day. So a fine flight shot from Pieter Bester. Is it a Barn Swallow - the throat is very pale??
18/01/2025

Bird of the Day. So a fine flight shot from Pieter Bester. Is it a Barn Swallow - the throat is very pale??

Bird of the Day. Another gorgeous owl portrait, this one by Peter Divall.
17/01/2025

Bird of the Day. Another gorgeous owl portrait, this one by Peter Divall.

Been out to see the Red-throated Pipit? So how about brushing up on how to separate African from Nicholson's or Mountai...
16/01/2025

Been out to see the Red-throated Pipit? So how about brushing up on how to separate African from Nicholson's or Mountain; or Plain-backed from Buffy? Or Short-tailed from Bushveld? Join my one-session ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ online course on Monday 20 January at 7pm, with follow-up recording links & pdfs. It will give you a simple structure on which to build your pipit id skills. Great images. R150 for one, R250 for 2 or more; R100 & R200 for pensioners. Click the link below.
https://calendly.com/birding-with-aldo/pipits-longclaws

Bird of the Day. An owl under heat stress - a detailed study from Willem Kruger.
16/01/2025

Bird of the Day. An owl under heat stress - a detailed study from Willem Kruger.

Bird of the Day. Another fine pic from Willem Kruger from Kgalagadi.
15/01/2025

Bird of the Day. Another fine pic from Willem Kruger from Kgalagadi.

Bird of the Day. An excellent image from Kgalagadi by Willem Kruger, first time for this species on Bird of the Day.
14/01/2025

Bird of the Day. An excellent image from Kgalagadi by Willem Kruger, first time for this species on Bird of the Day.

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™†๐™ง๐™ช๐™œ๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ - 120 bushveld birds. Begins tonight!!Register on https://calendly.com/birding-with-aldo/kruger
13/01/2025

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™†๐™ง๐™ช๐™œ๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ - 120 bushveld birds. Begins tonight!!
Register on https://calendly.com/birding-with-aldo/kruger

Bird of the Day. It usually takes time and luck to get a decent image of this common but elusive species. One of mine fr...
13/01/2025

Bird of the Day. It usually takes time and luck to get a decent image of this common but elusive species. One of mine from Underberg yesterday.

Bird of the Day. A common bird of Kruger and the bushveld.
10/01/2025

Bird of the Day. A common bird of Kruger and the bushveld.

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๐’๐’–๐’๐’–๐’๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘จ๐’๐’…๐’ on Tues 18 June and Thurs 20 June. 1st time in 18 months, a guide to the special birds and destinations of Zululand - a bucket-list destination for SA birders. Register below or email me on [email protected] https://calendly.com/birding-with-aldo/kzn-northern-leg.

One of Kruger's more puzzling birds - a Sabota Lark. Learn this bird and 120 others in ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐“๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ญ online course. The 3-session course runs from Mon 10 June, Weds 12th and Thurs 13th at 7pm. Click the link below to register or go to www.birdingwithaldo.com https://calendly.com/birding-with-aldo/kruger

What better than the warmth, surroundings and sounds of the bushveld in winter. Join our Kruger Toolkit course with 120 birds. Check our video with Arrow-marked Babblers and Crested Barbet with Red-faced and Rattling Cisticolas calling in the background. The 3-session course runs from Mon 10 June, Weds 12th and Thurs 13th at 7pm. Click the link below to register or go to www.birdingwithaldo.com https://calendly.com/birding-with-aldo/kruger

Two great Kruger birding courses!!! ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜ ๐’•๐’ ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐‘ฒ๐’“๐’–๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“ ๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’“๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’‘ is a new course from Birding with Aldo. For the first time, specific strategies and tactics for planning your trip. Three sessions beginning 22 January. Register on https://calendly.com/birding-with-aldo/plan-krugerbirds-with-aldo In addition, our long-time popular Kruger course (renamed ๐‘ฒ๐’“๐’–๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’”๐’‰๐’—๐’†๐’๐’… ๐‘ป๐’๐’๐’๐’Œ๐’Š๐’•) has been completely revised (images, species, content) to be even more effective. Three sessions beginning on 12 February. Register https://calendly.com/birding-with-aldo/kruger

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Why go Birding with Aldo?

Aldo is a qualified Ornithologist with a PhD in Ornithology.

For 54 years, birds and birding have been integral to Aldoโ€™s life, beginning with birdwatching 1967. Post-school, his university training soon focused on birds, leading to research on birds of the Southern Ocean and an MSc from the University of Cape Town, whilst working for the Fitzpatrick Institute on albatrosses at Marion Island.

Whilst his professional career as a bird researcher developed, he continued to develop his birding interests, leading to the first Southern African guide on where to find birds called โ€˜Where to Watch Birds in Southern Africaโ€™ with Ian Sinclair. He ran his birding courses for summer schools at the Universities of Cape Town and Natal, and has given hundreds of popular talks and presentations over the years. He authored a popular book title โ€˜Discovering Birdsโ€™.

Aldo worked for the Sea Fisheries Research Institute from 1981-1988, where he worked on seabirds of the Western Cape, obtaining a Doctorate. In 1988, he moved to the Durban Museum of Natural Science, following which he successfully brought the 22nd International Ornithological Congress to Durban, with more than 1000 international visitors, and with an accompanying popular programme for the broader birding community in Southern Africa. .