I’ve been on a trip for a few days to Hogsback in the Eastern Cape, to help out with some fieldwork for the Cape Parrot Project.
The parrots were absolutely amazing, I started to understand what sensitive, clever, social animals they are. What is threatening them currently and their history is fairly complicated, better explained by Steve Boyes over here – http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/13/south-africas-cape-parrot-a-story-of-people-and-parrots-over-many-generations/.
I had a great time in Hogsback, it’s a really beautiful part of the world.
Sunrise at the pecan orchard near Hogsback
A Cape Parrot
The road to Hogsback, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Folding up a mist net in the pecan nut grove
The team milling around
After a hike