What a perverse place the Midlands is. Just as Spring arrives the weather gets cold, miserable and unpredictable. Still, we really did have a very mild winter with lots of beautiful, warm, sunny days.
Before we go any further, we would like to remind everyone of our invitation to join us for tea, coffee and crumpets on 21st September (Saturday) at 10h00 for a very interesting talk on Midlands Birding by Densham Drummond in our education centre. We can only accommodate 30 people, so please book early, to avoid disappointment.
Very exciting is the news that people have now spotted 4 crowned cranes on Sugarlands Farm on the Curry's Post Road. For years, they seem to have only been 2, then last year there were three and now there is a new addition. Greytown has really been a focus of our attention in the last little while, with our tiny baby duiker girl and five jackal pups having been collected from there in the last month. Our baby Jackal pups continue to grow quickly. Our latest addition, a young spotted eagle owl is that latest arrival and is a real little character.
Howick Garden Club had a very interesting talk on vervet monkeys at FreeMe last month (thanks for your support). It was a real eye opener as to how special these animals are and how, with a bit of effort, we can live with them fairly harmoniously.
Finally, we were very disappointed with the response to our sms line – we really thought that this would be a quick and easy way to donate a small amount of money to FreeMe. Please everyone, don't think that the next person can make the effort, because chances are they expecting you to do it!! R10.00 a month is a very small amount, but five hundred people doing it just once a month, will result in R5 000.00 coming in to help our wildlife – and that is such a rewarding cause with which to be involved.
Pictured above is our serious looking Spotted Eagle Owl – if you think he is really cute, please sms donate freeme to 48748 and donate R10.00.
The Jackal pups growing quickly.