10,000 Birds
JANUARY 14, 2021
The bird-richest region of Africa is its equatorial East: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi (unlike the rest, the last one, Burundi, is politically unstable and not recommendable). At the time of writing, Uganda has 16 hotspots with 400+ so far eBirded species, of which one has almost 600 species. SERVIR Africa Workshop.
10,000 Birds
JULY 30, 2014
My third trip was six months spend working on a monkey project in the jungles of Uganda. This time I’ll be working with Wildlife ACT in Zululand, helping that NGO monitor wildlife in a range of reserves and parks in the east of South Africa. The second trip was for my masters project ( the one with the cave ).
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 20, 2015
I am thinking of a relatively stable/prosperous bird-paradise where one may be able to find a job in ecotourism or wildlife research… or, to begin with, as a resident environmental scientist / nature blogger in some wildlife lodge? Uganda (987 / 1083). Taking as a rule, the higher figure is more accurate. The Afrotropics.
4 The Love Of Animals
NOVEMBER 13, 2009
Mlelani, Tambo and another female white rhino were airlifted from Kruger National Park in South Africa in 2001 through the efforts of the International Rhino Foundation (IRF), a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of rhinos. Since its inception, the Fund has granted $5 million to more than 350 projects in the U.S.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2011
Soon we were out of the protected harbour and into choppier waters, and here I have to say I suffered for about two hours from the dreaded affliction known as sea-sickness. We soon were close to the Mokohinau Islands , one of the many islands in the area that serve as wildlife refuges. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2015
But a a package, if I had to rate the best places I’ve ever been birding, the only place I can think that comes close is Mweya, in Uganda, or maybe Tikal, in Guatemala. Danum Valley is a conservancy that protects a large area of lowland rainforest in Sabah in northeastern Borneo.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 16, 2011
They are commonest where they are intensively protected and managed, but these places are often remote and hard to visit. Seeing a wild kiwi is potentially the highlight of a star-strewn birding visit to New Zealand, but please respect the tenuous situation the five species are in and any measures in place for their protection.
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