On May 7th, Guy Hausler, on video link from Kruger Park, gave an enlighting talk on the Yellow-billed Oxpecker, which he has studied for his Masters. The species was extinct in South Africa for a time, and Guy explained why they had fared differently from their cousins the Red-Billed Oxpecker, along with a lot more information about them. Who would have thought that elephant dung could be so important…
Full write-up in the next Batis magazine (July).