\u201cSodra jy vo\u00ebls raaksien, begin jy meer raaksien. Jou w\u00eareld vergroot; so ook jou verstaan van die natuur.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aan die woord is vo\u00eblkenner en spesialisgids Willem Barnard, ook die eienaar van Penduka Safaris, wat beskou word as die oudste mobiele safari-maatskappy in Botswana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Barnard, reeds meer as 30 jaar heeltyds in di\u00e9 bedryf nadat hy by sy pa Izak oorgeneem het, kan vo\u00ebls in \u2019n oogwink identifiseer en neem gereeld vo\u00eblkykers van oor die w\u00eareld heen op gespesialiseerde vo\u00eblkyksafaris na onder meer Botswana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019n Mens begin oplet waarom hulle daar is: soek hulle na vrugte of bessies in \u2019n boom; na insekte op die grond; na kos in die water?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dan begin \u2019n mens oplet dat sommige vo\u00ebls op die grond loop, terwyl ander spring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In vlug sal sommige vo\u00ebls \u2019n vinnige vlerkgeklap h\u00ea; ander stadiger en rustiger; en dan is daar di\u00e9 wat skynbaar net sweef sonder enige vlerkgeklap; ook di\u00e9 wat duikbewegings in die lug uitvoer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dan begin \u2019n mens na die verskeidenheid van die vorm en kleur van snawels, beenkleur, veerpatrone en -kleur, oogkleur, algemene grootte, en meer oplet. Elke vo\u00ebl se geroep verskil; en dieselfde soort vo\u00ebl het verskillende roepe vir verskillende boodskappe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interessant ook is om te begin waarneem dat sekere soorte vo\u00ebls die teenwoordigheid van \u2019n ander soort verkies; of dat hulle verkies om byvoorbeeld saam met ander diere soos beeste, buffels of kameelperde te beweeg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c \u2019n Mens kan vo\u00eblkyk op bykans enige plek beoefen: in \u2019n stad, in jou tuin, in die natuur. Dit kan selfs \u2019n sosiale geleentheid raak,\u201d s\u00ea hy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Barnard se wenke aan voornemende vo\u00ebl\u00adkykers is om \u2019n verkyker en \u2019n vo\u00eblidenti\u00adfikasieboek aan te skaf. Begin ook om boek te hou van al die vo\u00ebls wat jy al gesien het, of maklik kon identifiseer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amptelike vo\u00eblkyk-lyste is beskikbaar, en sodra \u2019n mens op so \u2019n lys begin afmerk, verhoog die geesdrif vinnig. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sluit jou by \u2019n plaaslike vo\u00eblkykklub aan, en neem deel aan vo\u00ebltellings wat onder meer in nasionale parke aangebied word, raai hy aan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cVo\u00eblkyk hou waarde vir \u2019n kind se w\u00eareld in, en hulle kan van kleins af aangemoedig word om vo\u00ebls raak te sien en te identifiseer,\u201d s\u00ea hy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cVo\u00eblkyk is ontspannend,\u201d voeg hy by, \u201cen om na vo\u00eblgesang te luister, terapeuties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In \u2019n navorsingsartikel wat in 2013 in BBC News Magazine verskyn het, skryf Julian Treasure dat mense vo\u00eblgesang as ontspannend en gerusstellend beskou. Dit is glo omdat die mensdom oor duisende jare reeds geleer het dat solank die vo\u00ebls sing, die mens veilig is. Wanneer vo\u00ebls ophou sing, dui dit aan dat gevaar naby is, skryf Treasure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boonop is vo\u00eblgesang die natuur se wekker \u2013 sodra skemer breek, begin die gesang. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Treasure skryf dat sekere geluide, wat vo\u00eblgesang insluit, dit makliker vir mense maak om te fokus, terwyl dit hulle terselfdertyd verstandelik stimuleer \u00e9n laat ontspan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Opnames van vo\u00eblgesang word in sommige hospitale gespeel voor pasi\u00ebnte operasies moet ondergaan; en ook in stiller wag-areas by sekere internasionale lughawens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Di\u00e9 artikel verwys ook daarna dat vo\u00eblgesang bydra om \u2019n mens se perspektief te verander. Deur vo\u00ebls dop te hou, en na hulle te luister, word die mensdom daaraan herinner dat daar volledige en florerende gemeenskappe bestaan wat niks met ons te doen het nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vo\u00ebls gaan aan met hul vo\u00ebllewe van maats soek, eiers l\u00ea, kuikens grootmaak, kos vind, oorlewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHulle bemoei hul geensins met ons nie,\u201d lui die artikel. \u201cOns is die middelpunt van ons w\u00eareld, maar ons is nie die middelpunt van hulle s\u2019n nie. Soms is dit goed om jouself daaraan te herinner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Boonop, volgens nationalgeographic.com, is dit deur navorsing bevind dat die verandering van vo\u00ebls en ander diere se gedragspatrone op komende natuurrampe soos tsunamis en hewige donderstorms kan dui.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Voor \u2019n tsunami sal vo\u00ebls byvoorbeeld in groot swerms meteens weg van die kuslyn die binneland invlieg; of vo\u00ebls wat dit nie normaalweg doen nie, sal meteens op die grond onder bome skuil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ook sal mense wat op die gesang van vo\u00ebls bedag is, gou aan hul gekwetter agterkom dat daar byvoorbeeld \u2019n slang in die nabyheid is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brian Culver, \u2019n geesdriftige vo\u00ebllewefotograaf van Kimberley en stigterslid van die Gariep-vo\u00eblklub, vertel Kimberley en omgewing bied \u2019n magdom geleenthede vir vo\u00eblkyk, soos Rooifontein, Marrick, Magersfontein, Platfontein, Mokala- Nasionale Park, Rooipoort, Spitskopdam, Benfontein en Dronfield. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Talle vo\u00eblklubs bestaan in Suid-Afrika, asook geleenthede om meer van geveerdes te leer en betrokke te raak. Dit sluit onder meer vo\u00ebltellings in. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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