Events

In-September 2019 Wildlife Watch published a quiz through the Kenton Ratepayers Association website. The questions were to –

1. Identify the bird in picture below;
2. Identify the frog in the picture below;
3. List three differences between a blue duiker and a Cape grysbok.

1.  Knysna Warbler ‘Bradypterus sylvaticus’. Winner Tamsyn Sherwill

2. Painted reed frog ‘Hyperolius marmoratus verrucosus’. Winners Mike Peter and Jane Deacon

3. The winner who provided the following answer was David Steyn

Blue duiker is the smallest antelope in South Africa; and one of the smallest in the world. The male is about 30cm from the shoulder down, weighs about 4kg. The female is slightly taller Distribution: Western, southern and eastern Africa Appearance: both sexes have small horns, sloping backwards. colour : grey brown Food: browsers, feeding on fine shoots and leaves of low growing underbush. also fruit, leaves and forbes fallen from trees.

Cape grysbok is bigger than the blue duiker which is 54cm at the shoulders and weighs about 10kgs. Distribution: confined to SA from Albany to Cederberg mountains Appearance : only males have horns, short, vertical from the head, with a slight forward slant. colour: upper part of body is rufous brown liberally sprinkled with white hairs in between Food: predominantly grazers but also succulent shoots and fruits

IUn December 2018 Wildlife Watch held a sale of lucky packets outside Spar, Kenton on SSea to raise funds for camera maintenance, establishment of the blog and labour help.

Packets cost R50 each and range from packets for Grannies, Grandpas, Moms, Dads, young women and men through to boys and girls of different ages, even toddlers and babies.

The sale raised R4500 from the sale of some 90 packets. Funds distributed so far as as follows:

IT technicians for establishment of the blog ……………………………………..R1 150

Cost of lucky packet contents and packaging    …………………………………R1 696

Adverting materials………………………………………………………………………………R 390

Cost of autopsy done on blue duiker………………………………………………….. R 600

Funds remaining amount R664.