Roy Cowgill has been bird watching for many years throughout southern Africa and in various parts of the world. He has gained wide experience in bird-guide training, leading birdwatchers and students into the field on excursions and educational trips over the years. Roy is currently a member of Bird Life South Africa Council and president of Bird Life Port Natal. He was educated at Durban Teachers' Training College and the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, where he completed a teaching diploma and a B.Sc Hons in Zoology. He is currently teaching life sciences at Durban High School. Stephen Davis has been a birder since moving to South Africa in 1975 and has birded in most parts of southern Africa and many countries around the world. He has presented numerous birding talks and courses with Roy, has previously served on the Bird Life Port Natal Committee and until recently was the chair of the KwaZulu-Natal Rare Birds Committee. Stephen is a chemical engineer by profession, having gained an M.Sc.Eng (Chem) at the University of Natal, Durban, and is currently a head of process engineering research at the Sugar Milling Research Institute in Durban.