This is a voluntary working relationship with the City of Cape Town and the Cape Bird Club since 1974.
Very pleasant early autumn weather today, blue sky with no clouds in any direction. The air was warm and if the SE wind breeze was not blowing it would have been hot. Pleasant working conditions. We all got stuck in cutting down trees and very tall saplings (6 metres). As always nobody works anywhere near Bert with his swinging axe and he likes the big trees. Barry and Robin quietly sawed away at small trees and saplings. I continued with the hand slasher, which Bert had sharpened, and managed to cut down a few larger trees although not as quickly as Bert with his axe.
There were a few Autumn Brown Widow and Swallowtail butterflies flying but not as many compared to last year, maybe it is early in the season. The March lily flowers photographed last month are busy developing seeds (see the photos).
The Black shouldered Kite was in the large dead tree in the north western part of the Reserve at the boom gate. We saw 10 species of birds this afternoon. Barry found a small animal scull, which none of us could positively identify, so I took it home to find an expert also to consult the books. If anyone knows what it is let me know please.
We are making progress we can see daylight and blue sky through the remain tree canopy. Is there more beyond the tree line we dont know yet.
See this link for the past reports of what we have done.
photographs by Gavin Lawson.
Gavin Lawson.
