By Bridget Hilton-Barber
Environmental lawyer provides a bird’s-eye view of Jozi's city slickers
Marshalltown resident Obeid Katumba walks the inner-city streets to watch and note — and teach others — how birds adapt to living in the city, and how we can help them survive.
Birding on Main
Bird-watching in the inner city? Conservationist and lawyer Obeid Katumba, a long-time resident of Marshalltown in the Johannesburg CBD, does this as a part-time passion, heading out almost every morning.
“To look for birds you don’t have to leave town,” says Katumba. “They are freely available and are very much part of my conservation message.” This message is that although birds are highly adaptive, humans could make it so much easier for them.
