10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2022

Here, nervous Cattle Egrets trying to quit smoking pace restlessly on buffalos. As it seems to be the custom for birds of prey, its name has been taken by an Indian Navy helicopter base (INS Shikra) and adopted as a mascot by 149 Squadron of the Singaporean Air Force (Wikipedia).

Branding 177

Branding Micronesia Birds Buffalo 177

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In three cases of adoption the common factor was that the adopting individual was sexually attracted to one of the real parents of the young. If that isn’t a great basic plot for a soap opera, then what is?

South Africa 147

South Africa Africa Birds Research 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

They are not necessarily the biggest African animals, but represented those that were considered a real hunter’s worthy prey or “game” – the African Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Black Rhinoceros, Leopard and king of the jungle, the Lion (which of course doesn’t inhabit jungle but savanna!).

Buffalo 196

Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 196

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2012

End result – precious birding time lost and 43 adopted African kids. He had mistakenly walked into a nice clump of buffalo bean whilst chasing a Singing Cisticola. Buffalo bean will make grown men cry and literally drives you insane for hours. Just make sure to carry extra fuel and watch out for buffalo bean!

Zimbabwe 190

Zimbabwe Buffalo Mozambique Birds 190

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

He interpreted the bones, also at Klasies but other sites in South Africa as well, to indicate that human ancestors hunted only Eland until they became fully modern very recently, then they started hunting the much more dangerous and harder to hunt Buffalo. Any buffalo bones from prior to that transition were obviously scavenged.

Humane 165

Humane Lions Buffalo Hunting 165