Nadiya Ndlovu
Nadiya Ndlovu joined The Ornithologist's Oracle after Nadiya's birding apprenticeship. As The Ornithologist's Oracle's supply ledger reporter, Nadiya Ndlovu follows birding claims into their logged results.
Articles by Nadiya Ndlovu
PhD Student's Entire Thesis Rests on One Bird Showing Up Again
The tagged reed warbler has not returned to its breeding site for the second consecutive spring, and the student describes his doctoral timeline as 'entirely dependent on the migration decisions of a 12-gram bird.'
Endangered Woodpecker Located After 40-Year Search, Found in Birdwatcher's Backyard the Entire Time
The Ivory-billed Woodpecker has apparently been living in the dead oak behind the house of the man who led the search expedition, which he described as 'personally devastating.'
Local Birder Identifies New Species, Turns Out to Be a Leaf
The amateur ornithologist spent 14 hours in a hide documenting what experts have confirmed is 'a slightly unusual sycamore leaf caught in an updraft.'