About Me This user is a member of WikiProject Birds. This user is a participant in WikiProject Plants. This user uses Google as a primary search engine. This user has been on Wikipedia for 17 years, 2 months and 18 days. This user uses Wikipedia as a primary point of reference. This user maintains a strict policy advising against all personal attacks. This user eats biltong. This user would rather drink tea than coffee. This user supports recycling. This user supports renewable energy. This user supports the use of nuclear power. Driver's license This user has a driver's license. This user enjoys reading fiction. This user enjoys reading non-fiction.

I have a Bachelor of Business Administration degree (BBA) from UNISA, majoring in Communications and Business Management.

I love wildlife, nature, hiking, working out, reading, gardening, games, hanging out with friends, and good food.

I am interested in history (both human and natural) and nature, politics, business and current affairs of the world. I enjoy political satire, especially cartoons by Zapiro.

I like reading books, both fiction and non-fiction. I greatly enjoy reading on my Kindle Fire. These are my favourite genres:

1. Fantasy

Of this genre, I enjoy Harry Potter, the Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, the stories set in Midkemia by Raymond E. Feist (such as the Riftwar trilogy), the Heritage of Shannara by Terry Brooks, and several others.

2. Mystery/Thriller

I really enjoyed Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie.I also enjoy the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz and Barry Eisler's espionage novels starring John Rain.

I generally do not enjoy science fiction, but I did very much like Patrick Ness's Chaos Walking series.

1. Science (evolution, zoology, ecology, Green issues, etc)

Richard Dawkins's The Ancestor's Tale is an excellent book, if a little heavy with the amount of content.

2. History

Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel is another excellent book; it attempts to explain why Eurasian civilizations (in which he includes North Africa) have survived and conquered others, while refuting the assumption that Eurasian hegemony is due to any form of Eurasian intellectual, moral or inherent genetic superiority. Another book of his, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, is another good read, and Diamond's exhortation to the reader is a good one, in my opinion: learn from history.

3. Environmental issues and the Human relationship with nature

• The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley
• The God Species by Mark Lynas
• Whole Earth Discipline by Stewart Brand

3. General knowledge

I also frequent several platforms in addition to Wikipedia such as Reddit, Facebook, and Instagram. I follow several nature-oriented blogs, such as Tetrapod Zoology by Darren Naish, and take part in a couple of forums such as Carnivoraforum.

Note that the lists below do not necessarily follow any particular order.

I have created the following articles, from most recent to least recent:

I have contributed to and expanded the following articles:

I have made some minor contributions to the following articles:

I have contributed photographs of my own work to the following articles:

• Red-winged Starling
• Acacia sieberiana

I have a keen interest in birds and mammals. For now, I will list the wild birds I have seen: