Contents: Welcome to the first issue of Namibia Bird News; Happy Birthday Namibia Bird Club!; Aerial Survey of breeding Lappet-faced Vultures and marking of chicks in the Namib-Naukluft Park, October; Celebrate World Migratory Bird Day with us!; A blast from the past!; Nesting associations between weavers and birds of prey; News from Gondwana Cañon Park; Snapped at Waterberg Plateau Park; The Atlas is back!; From the bird ringing community; Calendar of events; A new book on southern African birds; You are not a real Namibian birder.