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Are Oxpeckers More Like Vampires Or Vacuum Cleaners
...In order to obtain ticks to feed the oxpeckers, Tiffany will have to collect them from the veld - potentially ticks of at least four different species that the oxpeckers are known to prefer...English
Re-establishing South Africas Oxpecker Population
...This has paved the way for oxpeckers to be reintroduced into areas where they had become locally extinct, and hundreds of redbilled oxpeckers have been caught in the Kruger National Park (KNP) for relocation to other parts of South Africa. ..English
World Environment Day
...In South Africa, oxpeckers have become locally extinct in some areas due to environmentally harmful wildlife and livestock dips. Oxpeckers feed on the ticks that in turn feed on the dipped animals, so causing oxpecker mortalities...English
Discovering Kruger Park Birdlife
...zebra while yellow-billed oxpeckers will even roost on their buffalo and rhino 'hosts'...English
Five Days in Eden
...Dust reflected in the late afternoon light, the air was infused by the tart scent of five hundred Buffalo and the screech of Oxpeckers following the herd.The luxury lodges in the private reserves bordering the Kruger Park provide oasis' of comfort where..English
A Day in a Guide's Life At Phalaborwa Gate
...Coming back to where we left the car, the oxpeckers flew up and warned us about the lonely buffalo at the watering hole. 10h00: On our drive back we saw general game and shared impressions and experiences with the guests...English
Guides Diary
...There was no sign of oxpeckers or sounds from the buffalo and it appeared that it was just a small herd that had moved through and were probably moving fast.We decided to cut them short and went in a straight line to where we thought they would rest for..English
Discover The New Generation Tuskers in Kruger
...As an avid birder, Dr Whyte has acted as ornithologist in Kruger between 1985 and 1998, co-ordinating ornithological research and other projects such as the translocation of Red billed Oxpeckers...English
