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Re: Yellow Billed Oxpecker-South/Central Kruger

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Yup, as I said above
YBO becoming a lot more common


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Re: Yellow Billed Oxpecker-South/Central Kruger

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100+ Buffalo stationary
'Big herd with lots of Yellow billed Oxpeckers'
S32, at Orpen dam
Near Tshokwane
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They are becoming common down there :-?


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On the S79....

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:shock: \O \O


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I wonder why they are moving south now. Maybe climate change :-?


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Re: Yellow Billed Oxpecker-South/Central Kruger

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I think they have just been naturally expanding over the last 3 decades, Lis!

They came in by themselves from Zim in the 80s/90s, and at first were pretty much only in the Punda area! \O


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Maybe \O


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Lisbeth wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2019 9:53 am I wonder why they are moving south now. Maybe climate change :-?
Lack of Spraying in Moz ..allows them to spread to their historical range ..when the Portuguese ran Mocambique there was a strict and efficient Spraying regime ....= the demise of Yellow Billed oxpeckers then ..now they are coming back as their food is not been poisoned anymore


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