Nicole+Heiman

=**Bird list in Orange Grove**=

Backround I am doing a study of the birds in the following areas. ( Emmerentia Botanical Gardens, Orange Grove & Veerening ) I want to get a better understanding of the birds in these areas. This forms the greater Gauteng area this is the province I stay in This is the Orange Grove this is the suburb i stay in its a suburb with trees, shrubs and gardens. The Emmerentia this the Botanical Gardens with rivers, open spaces and forested areas. The wetland area is called Veerening its an area where their is a lot of industry. There is an area is called Three Rivers as three rivers pool to form this area The last area is an wetland area. This area is far out in Gauteng.

Question: What are the most common birds seen in these areas? Materials and Methods: Binoculars, note pad & Sasol Birds of Southern Africa by I Sinclair, P Hockey & W Tarboton. I will do these observations on a regular basis and record the species. I also used some knowledge of a prior bird course i attended a few years ago which helped me identify a few of the birds I had trouble identifying. Some birds are seen more readily than others. .





Data I have three sheets of birds I have seen over the past three weeks observations have been done once a month. Results Discussions & Conclusions I had no prior knowledge of the birds found in these areas. I was amazed at the diversity of birds in areas that i frequently travel to. I plan to share this information with Cornells Share bird as well as South Africa's Citizen Science run by the Avian Demography Unit I plan to record the birds in the summer to see how much the bird species change. References the bird book I mentioned before
 * The suburbs have lots of trees and built up gardens and seem to have many small garden birds in these areas (the Thrush, Weaver, Mousebirds, Sparrows and Doves).The Doves, Thrushes, Sparrows and Hadedas are found walking on the ground looking for their food
 * In the botanical gardens there are manydifferent types of environments such as birds of open fields the Lapwings are found their. This area also has a forest area that has birds that are specific to that region, in these areas you find birds like the Grey Louries and the White Eyes. The rivers that run through this area attract some of the birds that are water birds.
 * The wetland town has birds that seem to be attracted to the wetlands such as the Lapwings which seem to be attracted to the open ground that surrounds wetlands.