Events Diary
Friends of Rietvlei AGM	Thursday, 16 May 2013
The Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Rietvlei will be held at the Rietvlei Education Centre at 20h00 on Thursday 16 May 2013.
Venue: Rietvlei Education Centre, Table Bay Nature Reserve, 10 Sandpiper Crescent, Table View.
Date: Thursday, 16 May 2013
Time: 19h30 for 20h00.
If you have not renewed your membership for 2013/14, please do so before or at the AGM.
If you want us to provide you with a new membership card at the AGM, please send in your membership renewal form by Monday 13 May at the latest - the form and proof of payment can be emailed to: info@friendsofrietvlei.co.za.
Enquiries: Pauline 083 255 2537, Pat 083 701 4318, info@friendsofrietvlei.co.za
After the formal proceedings, there will be a slide show & talk "TO THE ICE-SHELF AND BACK". See the notice below.
"TO THE ICE-SHELF AND BACK"	Thursday, 16 May 2013
Helm van Zijl of the Cape Bird Club had the very good fortune to be invited to join the SA Agulhas II on her first trip to the Antarctic - he was tasked with the job of counting sea birds on the trip down and back as part of on-going survey of sea birds in the southern ocean.
"TO THE ICE-SHELF AND BACK" is a slide show of Helm's trip in the SA Agulhas II from early December 2012 to mid February 2013.
All are welcome to come and enjoy this most interesting talk - it will take place immediately after our AGM.
Venue: Rietvlei Education Centre, Table Bay Nature Reserve, 10 Sandpiper Crescent, Table View.
Date: Thursday, 16 May 2013
Time: 19h30 for 20h00. (The AGM will start at 20h00 and the talk will take place immediately afterwards)
Enquiries: Pauline 083 255 2537, Pat 083 701 4318, info@friendsofrietvlei.co.za
Flight for Birders	18 & 19 May 2013
A bird identification course for novice and intermediate bird-watchers will be held at the Environmental Education Centre, Intaka Island, Century City on 18 and 19 May 2013.
The “Flight for Birders” bird identification and conservation course by Anton Odendal will be presented at Intaka Island on 18 and 19 May 2013. The costs include the course manual and a certificate endorsed by BirdLife South Africa – roughly 1,600 slides and drawings will be used.
The contents of the course get updated every second year and this has now been done – in many cases images of similar and potentially confusing species have been combined on the same slide in order to illustrate differences. The development of an infrastructure for birding tourists in local areas will also be highlighted. In the vast majority of the slides English and Afrikaans names of species are printed onto the slide.
The course focuses on basic steps in the identification of birds, places heavy emphasis on where to find the rare and often endemic birds in southern Africa and illustrates how ordinary bird-watchers could become involved in the conservation of birds and their habitats.
DETAILS IN BRIEF: DATES: 18 and 19 May 2013 VENUE: The Environmental Education Centre, Intaka Island, Century City
COSTS: R 450-00, that include the course manual and certificate.
TO REGISTER AND SECURE YOUR PLACE: Contact Elaine at mwjasser@mweb.co.za or 082 455 8402. All further queries could also be forwarded to Elaine.
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