Lanioturdus 42(3) / 2009

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Lanioturdus 42(3) / 2009
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Namibia Bird Club
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THOMSON, N. Editorial
DEMASIUS, E. Diary of a Sucessful (?) Breeding Attempt of Gray’s Larks
KOLBERG, H. Narrative of a Journey into the Hinterland of Etosha in Search of the Elusive Blue Crane
CUNNINGHAM P. & J. Red-billed Firefinch Lagona-sticla senegala Observed in a Windhoek Garden
THOMSON, N. Red-billed Firefinches in and around Windhoek
FRIEDERICH G. & T. Sunday Lunchtime Raptors
KOMEN, E. Steel Jaw
KOLBERG, H. Report on the Summer Wetland Bird Counts January/February 2009
THOMSON, N. The Saga of the Vanishing Pelican Rings
RARITIES AND INTERESTING OBSERVATIONS

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Editorial
The winter bird count at Walvis Bay has come and gone and it was extremely gratifying to see the number of Namibia Bird Club members participating in the count many of whom had traveled long distances at their own expense to be there. It is my belief that the bird club can make a real contribution to projects such as this.
Presumably everyone knows by now of the oiled penguins which were rescued at Lüderitz some months ago. What is possibly less well known is that the Namibia Bird Club committee made the decision immediately after the news broke to donate N$ 5 000 from club funds towards the rehabilitation of the oiled birds and following this Gudrun Middendorff was interviewed on the German radio service and was able to raise a further N$ 10 000 as a result of this interview.
Holger Kolberg has put together an index of all the articles that appeared in Ornithologische Beilage (a supplement to the Scientific Society’s newsletter) and Mitteilung der Ornithologischen Arbeitsgruppe, the forerunner of La-nioturdus, for the period 1963-1984. This index lists the ar-ticles published in chronological order and also by author and is a very useful tool for anyone writing articles and seeking references. The index can be obtained from the Namibia Bird Club at N$ 40.00 per copy and all issues of Ornithologische Beilage and Mitteilung der Ornithologischen Arbeitsgruppe are to be found in the library of the Scientific Society.
In this issue we feature two articles on red-billed firefinches in and around Windhoek, one written by Peter and Janke Cunningham who had seen a firefinch in Windhoek for the first time and the other by myself who had been aware of their presence for some time. Both come to the conclusion that these birds most probably did not arrive in Windhoek unassisted.
In an earlier issue of Lanioturdus I asked for readers’ comments on the new electronic format of this journal. To date the comment received has been overwhelmingly favourable with only one member saying that he preferred the printed booklet format.