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Baboons, fire and food
Betty’s Bay neighbourhoods are experiencing lots of visits from the baboons since the fire. I urge you all to read this article written by Jocelyn Mormet , who has been studying the baboon troop in Rooi Els. I have visited many homes, especially in the Sunny Seas area, who are upset with the amount on visitations they are getting.
Almost everyone I have been to has some kind of food out for the birds, mongoose or porcupines. They say they are not feeding the baboons—however baboons are omnivores - they eat anything! They love bird seed, they love porcupine veggies and they don’t mind eating mongoose meat! There is so much food out there for these animals. Have you seen a skinny baboon in our troop? Do they have lots of babies? Wild food has less calories so they’ll be occupied for longer if they forage naturally.
Please also encourange neighbours not to feed any animals. We are in the process of setting up a Betty’s Bay Baboon Action Group. In the meantime please do not hurt these animals. We live in a Biosphere Reserve and they are important to our eco system. They are also a lot of fun to watch. Go outside and just walk with them!
All photos ©Pete Oxford http://peteoxford.com
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White-fronted bee-eaters
I had a brief but fortuitous visit yesterday to Harold Porter Botanical Gardens and came across these two White-fronted bee-eaters (Merops bullockoides). Rare vagrants to our area they are way out of range usually found much further to the north and east of South Africa. These two however seemed quite happy sallying for insects often returning to the same perch. Midday sun wasn’t the best light but great to see them anyway.
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Open Meeting of the Community Police Forum - 19 June
You are invited to attend an open meeting of the Community Police Forum on 19 June at 18:00 in the Pringle Bay Community Hall. Make use of this opportunity to work together with the CPF team and SAPS in the ongoing fight against crime.
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A Book Is Happening!
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THE FIRE of January 2019
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Newsletter June/Nuusbrief Junie 2019
Last month our first newsletter was sent to you and we trust it was informative and added value to being a member of our association/Ons eerste nuusbrief is verlede maand uitgestuur en dit word vertrou dat jy dit insiggewend gevind het en ook waarde tot jou lidmaatskap gevoeg het.
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