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LIFESTYLE

Birding Events

By Albert Roos

his month’s article is about the Facebook and the public will be asked to will be the 36 Annual Birding Big Day
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upcoming events that we can all look vote for their favorite photo. by Birdlife SA. The purpose of Birding Big
Tforward to. With the recent rain and Day is to record birds through sight and
the abundant vegetation, I am sure that Competition rules: calls over a 24-hour period in a designated
all of us can expect to have a wonderful 1. You must be a resident of Silver Lakes. area of a 50km radius. The information
summer of birding. 2. It must be your own photo. gathered is sent back to Birdlife SA and
3. It must be a photo taken at Silver Lakes. is processed to analyse the movement of
The Silver Lakes Bird Club and the Silver 4. No watermarks are allowed on the the birds, and whether their distribution
Lakes Photography Club is hosting a joint photo. patterns have changed.
competition for our residents. Submit your 5. By entering your photo, you grant
best photograph of any of the wildlife on the organisers of the competition To take part in the Birding Big Day, you
our estate, whether it is of bees, birds or permission to use the photos on any need to fill in the entry form www.birdlife.
mammals. You can send your photographs printed or social media platform for org.za/support-us/events/birding-big-
to daleen@silverlakes.co.za marketing purposes for the Silver day-2020/entry-form/
Lakes Photography Club and the Silver
The competition will close on 26 Lakes Birding Club. All credit will be
November 2020. The winner will be given to the photographer and the
announced by Daleen on the morning of photo will remain the property of the
28 November 2020, after a special group photographer.
walk in the Silver Lakes Game Park. The
winning photo will be featured in Intra
Muros. Photos entered will be posted in In other news:
the Silver Lakes Resident Forum group on Birding Big Day is 28 November 2020. This

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