A Guide to Grapevine Abnormalities in South Africa - P.G. GOUSSARD

Birds’ nests (530); thick-knees (531).

PHOTO 530. Although birds’ nests (sometimes with chicks) may be found among trellised grapevines, there is no real disadvantage except that they may possibly end up in the picking crates.

PHOTO 531. An example where the thick-knee parents and their chicks leave a vineyard site.

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