Mossel Bay, the western gateway to the Garden Route, is less than 249 miles from Cape Town along the N2 highway. Driving conditions are excellent and the scenery peerless: before the fabled Garden ...

The “Peace Pole” that sits in Keithan’s Bluebird Gardens, in the southern end of the city, was removed about six months ago because it was beginning to deteriorate, city officials said.

It was a male eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) and he was not alone. Half a second after he landed on top of the nest box pole, the male was joined by another bird that had more a of grayish ...