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Category Archives: Animal behavior

Observations of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins in the Garden Route.

May 13, 2023by Mark Dixon Leave a comment

As part of their coastal monitoring program, observers from the Strandloper Project have recorded two pods of Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins (Sousa chinensis) between Gericke’s Point and Buffalo bay, both pods […]

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Africa, Animal behavior, Garden Route, marine ecology, South Africa, Strandloper Project

Sighting of Otter tracks at Buffalo Bay.

May 18, 2021by Mark Dixon Leave a comment

While the humans are away, the wildlife comes out to play. This was definitely true at Buffalo Bay this morning. As part of the Strandloper Project, we have mapped evidence […]

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Animal behavior, Biodiversity, Garden Route, Nature, Strandloper Project, Uncategorized

Targeted recreational shark fishing threatens Trophic Cascades

April 15, 2018by Mark Dixon 1 Comment

Trophic Cascades. The concept of trophic cascades is a relatively recent biological concept which describes the progression of nutrients and energy (calorific) through the food chain. There are numerous examples […]

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Animal behavior, Biodiversity, Ecology, Ecosystem, Fisheries, Food security, marine ecology, Nature, Small Scale fisheries, South Africa, Western Cape

The intrigue of bird and a small mammal navigation without visual reference.

October 11, 2015by Mark Dixon Leave a comment

With all the work on wind farms in dairy and wildernss areas that Amanda and I do, one animal behavioral trait that constantly amazes us is the ability of birds […]

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Africa, Animal behavior, Bird survey, Ecology, Ecosystem, Farming, Nature, South Africa, Survey, Wildlife, Wind farm

Contours of conflict – accounts of Verreaux’s Eagles with relation to wind farm development in South Africa.

August 13, 2015by Mark Dixon Leave a comment

In the midst of using modern technology to study Verreaux’s Eagle behavior and how it relates to wind farm development it is also important to admire the intricate interactions between a pair.

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Africa, Animal behavior, Bird survey, Cliff survey, Eagle, Eastern Cape, Ecology, Nature, Raptor survey, South Africa, Wind farm

Energy departure on the journey to decentralized production.

May 26, 2015by Mark Dixon Leave a comment

The security of the future requires a parallel pursuit of carbon negative energy production in conjunction with reduced energy consumption.

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Africa, Animal behavior, Eastern Cape, Farming, Nature, South Africa, Wind farm

Protection of micro fauna on wind farms in South Africa

February 14, 2015by Mark Dixon Leave a comment

Baboon Spiders serve as apex micro predators and are ideal indicator species to measure the efficacy of environmental impact mitigation procedures on wind farm developments.

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Africa, Animal behavior, Arachnids, Biodiversity, Bird survey, Eastern Cape, Ecology, Ecosystem, Nature, South Africa, Spiders, Wildlife, Wind farm

Termites open and close portals at dawn

November 5, 2014by Mark Dixon Leave a comment

We observed interesting animal behavior in termites in the Eastern Cape. They had constructed an array of apertures on their mounds, only to seal them 90 minutes later.

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Addo, Africa, Animal behavior, Biodiversity, Bird survey, Eastern Cape, Ecology, Ecosystem, Insects, Nature, South Africa, Survey, Termites, Wildlife, Wind farm

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Our drone mapping of three estuary mouths in the Garden Route is revealing some interesting sand movement in the genesis of sand bars and sand banks.
Congratulations to Strandloper Project director Melinda Morkel on her strong finish in the 25km MUT trail run this morning.
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While the purpose of regular beach surveys is to gather data, our findings aren't always 'nice'.
Another turtle rescue in the Garden Route, this time in the Goukamma Marine Protected Area.
Common Octopus are always a crowd pleaser when exploring intertidal rock pools.
Tuberculate Cuttlefish (Sepia tuberculata).
Today, while flying a drone mapping mission to determine foreshore sand movement along the approach to Gericke's Point, a large red patch a few 100m out to sea caught my attention.

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