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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 cisticola, always challenging without call, distribution and habitat. Clues - a small short-tailed ci...
23/12/2024

Bird of the Day. A cisticola, always challenging without call, distribution and habitat. Clues - a small short-tailed cisticola in a damp grassland near Underberg. Note the whitish top of head and black lores (in front of eyes.

Bird of the Day. One of mine from the lower Sani Pass two years ago. Note the huge tail.
20/12/2024

Bird of the Day. One of mine from the lower Sani Pass two years ago. Note the huge tail.

Bird of the Day. A superb portrait from Pieter Bester. A western canary.
19/12/2024

Bird of the Day. A superb portrait from Pieter Bester. A western canary.

A weekend camp with BirdLife North Gauteng produced great birds, although the forests were tough going. The weekend tall...
18/12/2024

A weekend camp with BirdLife North Gauteng produced great birds, although the forests were tough going. The weekend tally included Blue Swallow, Denham's Bustard, Mountain Pipit, Drakensberg Rockjumper, Drakensberg Siskin, Gurney's Sugarbird, Bearded Vulture and Wattled Crane. Fantastic view of Drakensberg Rockjumper (bathing in water on a car bonnet), Pale-crowned Cisticola, Red-necked Spurfowl, African Yellow Warbler and some incredible photography from participants. Above is my more distant view of a Pale-crowned Cisticola, a very challenging bird to photograph. Thank you to all of you BLNG folks for a wonderful bucket list trip.

Bird of the Day. Often heard, not often well seen. an entirely black bird with a longish tail and a characteristic bill ...
18/12/2024

Bird of the Day. Often heard, not often well seen. an entirely black bird with a longish tail and a characteristic bill shape. A widespread species.

Bird of the Day. One of mine from coastal KZN.
17/12/2024

Bird of the Day. One of mine from coastal KZN.

Bird of the day. A beautifully detailed pic of a female widow/bishop taken in the western Cape by Willem Kruger. Clues a...
16/12/2024

Bird of the day. A beautifully detailed pic of a female widow/bishop taken in the western Cape by Willem Kruger. Clues are distribution and heavy streaking on underparts.

Bird of the Day. A vagrant for Underberg and a new bird for KZN for me.
13/12/2024

Bird of the Day. A vagrant for Underberg and a new bird for KZN for me.

Bird of the Day. A widespread species - this is pic of mine from our feeder in Underberg.
11/12/2024

Bird of the Day. A widespread species - this is pic of mine from our feeder in Underberg.

Bird of the Day. A gorgeous pic from Willem Kruger of a much-loved common bird.
10/12/2024

Bird of the Day. A gorgeous pic from Willem Kruger of a much-loved common bird.

A great weekend outing with Inkwazi Bird Club to Sani Pass and surrounds, including Blue Swallow, Cape Parrot, Wattled C...
09/12/2024

A great weekend outing with Inkwazi Bird Club to Sani Pass and surrounds, including Blue Swallow, Cape Parrot, Wattled Crane, Drakensberg Rockjumper, Drakensberg Siskin, Mountain Pipit, Gurney's Sugarbird, Grey Cuckooshrike and lots more. Thanks to Stuart Maclean for invaluable help on the Sani Pass day. Thanks guys!!

Bird of the Day. One of mine from Underberg, although this raptor is a scarce bird here. A juvenile and note the pale co...
09/12/2024

Bird of the Day. One of mine from Underberg, although this raptor is a scarce bird here. A juvenile and note the pale coloured crown.

Bird of the Day. A fine portrait from Willem Kruger from the southern Cape. Chunky body, more horizontal stance and heav...
05/12/2024

Bird of the Day. A fine portrait from Willem Kruger from the southern Cape. Chunky body, more horizontal stance and heavy bill make this a lark?

Bird of the Day. One of mine from Sani Pass.
04/12/2024

Bird of the Day. One of mine from Sani Pass.

Bird of the Day. One of mine from Sani Pass yesterday.
04/12/2024

Bird of the Day. One of mine from Sani Pass yesterday.

Bird of the Day. A fine study by Francois Kruger
02/12/2024

Bird of the Day. A fine study by Francois Kruger

A great festive season gift is an online course from ๐‘ฉ๐’Š๐’“๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘จ๐’๐’…๐’. Choose from the 11 courses starting early Januar...
30/11/2024

A great festive season gift is an online course from ๐‘ฉ๐’Š๐’“๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘จ๐’๐’…๐’. Choose from the 11 courses starting early January, or let your lucky recipient choose their picks. We provide a personalised virtual gift voucher. Excellent value for money and options from beginner to experienced birders. Check it out on https://www.birdingwithaldo.com/ or contact me on [email protected]

Online birding courses for beginners and more advanced birders with a user-friendly people-centred approach.

Bird of the Day. A beauty from Sharron Berruti, taken in Underberg yesterday. Check the long bare legs, long tail, slend...
30/11/2024

Bird of the Day. A beauty from Sharron Berruti, taken in Underberg yesterday. Check the long bare legs, long tail, slender body and yellow eye. How about joining my ๐‘๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ฅ๐๐จ online course on 27, 297 30 Jan?? Learn 65 raptors. Great prices. More info and book on https://calendly.com/birding-with-aldo/raptors

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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. .