A Southern Red Bishop in full breeding plumage. Photos: John Yeld
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, the old proverb states. But if it’s a bird that has been fitted with a ring, its value now includes a contribution to scientific research and essential environmental education
On 30 January 1909, a nephew of a certain Mr Peter McKenzie of Himeville in what was then still called Natal, shot a White Stork with his rifle.
Sadly, the killing of the bird was probably an entirely unremarkable event in an era when hundreds, if not thousands, of birds were shot every day across southern Africa.
But this particular avian mortality provided a scientific breakthrough that made…
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