Wildlife impressions around the 6th Int‘l Zoo Marketing Conference, Kwalata Game Ranch, South Africa, October 9-12, 2007 Part II - Birds © Peter Dollinger, WAZA

Jo‘burg (OR Tambo) International Kranskop Naboomspruit Potgietersrus Pietersburg Louis Trichardt Messina Alldays Ellisras Nylstroom Rustenburg Hartebeespoort Pretoria Thabazimbi Kwalata  Rietvlei Nature Reserve – 3‘870 ha  Dinokeng Biosphere Reserve incl. Kwalata, Rust de Winter NR  Nylsvlei Nature Reserve – 4‘000 ha  Sediba Game Farm Lalele Crocodile Farm  Percy Fyfe Nature Reserve – 3‘032 ha  Ben Lanvin Nature Reserve – 2‘500 ha  Mapungubwe National Park – 28‘000 ha  D‘Nyala Nature Reserve – 8‘281 ha  Marakele National Park - 20‘000 ha  Pilanesberg National Park – 55‘000 ha          

Male ostrich ( Struthio camelus ) at D’Nyala NR Ostrich chick ( Struthio camelus ) at Kwalata GR Saddlebilled stork ( Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis ) at Mapungubwe NP Sacred ibis ( Threskiornis aethiopicus ) at Pilanesberg NP

African fish eagle ( Haliaeetus vocifer ) at D’Nyala NR Egyptian geese ( Alopochen aegyptiacus ) sitting on tree at Pilanesberg NP Pair of black eagles ( Aquila verreauxii ) at a distance in Mapungubwe NP African spoonbill ( Platalea alba ) near Naboomspruit

Common sandpiper ( Tringa hypoleucos ) at Samaria Sitrus next to Mapungubwe NP Laughing dove ( Streptopelia senegalensis ) at Bakubung, Pilanesberg NP Crowned plover ( Vanellus coronatus ) at Rietvlei NR Crested francolin ( Francolinus sephaena ) at Pilanesberg NP

Redbilled hornbill ( Tockus erythrorhynchus ) at Mapungubwe NP Yellowbilled hornbill ( Tockus leucomelas ) at Pilanesberg NP Grey hornbill ( Tockus nasutus ) at Pilanesberg NP Grey lourie ( Corythaixoides concolor ) at Pilanesberg NP

Night jar ( Caprimulgus rufigena ) at Pilanesberg NP Long-tailed widow ( Euplectes progne ) at Rietvlei NR Red-billed buffalo-weaver ( Bubalornis niger ) at Mapungubwe NP Rufous-naped lark ( Mirafra africana ) at Rietvlei NR

Little bee-eater ( Merops pusillus ) at Mapungubwe NP Redbilled oxpecker ( Buphagus erythrorhynchus ) at Pilanesberg NP Black sunbird ( Nectarinia amethystina ) at Rust de Winter NR Redbilled oxpecker ( Buphagus erythrorhynchus ) at Pilanesberg NP

Meves’ longtailed starling ( Lamprotornis mevesii ) at Mapungubwe NP Black-eyed bulbul ( Pycnonotus barbatus ) at Pilanesberg NP Cape glossy starling ( Lamprotornis nitens ) at Pilanesberg NP Redwinged starling ( Onychognathus morio ) at Pilanesberg NP

Lesser masked weaver ( Ploceus intermedius ) at Pilanesberg NP Spottedbacked weaver ( Ploceus cucullatus ) near Nylstrroom Lesser masked weaver ( Ploceus intermedius ) at Pilanesberg NP Spottedbacked weaver ( Ploceus cucullatus ) near Nylstrroom