10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2020

Mkuze Game Reserve is in the Eastern part of South Africa, about 5 hours away from Johannesburg, and one of the best places I have ever been to for bird photography. Cattle Egrets using public transport. Some more Mkuze birds for which I cannot come up with a semi-interesting caption right now … African Jacana.

South Africa 182

South Africa Giraffes Birds Africa 182

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2015

I get that you’re really angry, I mean, he was a popular lion and yes, his cute widdle cubs will probably die to, but I can’t help feeling you’ve kind of missed the point a bit, and well, ending all hunting in Africa will not solve much and maybe make things worse and… No, no, I’m not a hunter. I’m sorry.

Lions 201

Lions Hunting Sierra Leone Buffalo 201

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

A housecat in Buenos Aires got its start in Africa, a sheep in Australia to the Middle East, a chicken in Ireland can trace its origin to the jungles of Asia. Part of the world they wanted to transport was natural. To Victorian eyes the fauna and flora of New Zealand was strange, both in appearance and in its apparent paucity.

New Zealand 161

New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 161

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

Some of these islands cannot be reached by any mode of transport except a long ocean crossing and some are well over a thousand miles from the closest human habitation. Saint Helena Island, situated in the south Atlantic ocean between the continents of Africa and South America, is one of the remotest inhabited islands in the world.

Birds 198

Birds South Africa South America Feral Cats 198

Animal Person

DECEMBER 2, 2009

For example, Oprah (or Kristof) said: "At the peak of the transatlantic slave trade, 80,000 slaves were transported from Africa to the new world. But it's the same concept that underlies both situations: viewing others as commodities that you have a right to exploit. Our job, it seems to me, is to help them see it.

Cows 100

Cows Vegan Trafficking Transported 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2018

In his book The Birder’s Guide to Africa (3), Michael Mills noted not only differences in plumage (has white on a folded wing), but also voice and habitat choice, suggesting that the Albertine ssp. nehrkorni spreading all the way to West Africa). Add to this the fact that the road is being serviced by public transport.

Rwanda 205

Rwanda Equatorial Guinea El Salvador Costa Rica 205