10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

While much of the attention that Africa’s tourism industry gets is for its (deservedly) popular national parks and game reserves, a lot of wildlife viewing is possible away from the big name places. As well as birds, the reserve holds endangered species like African Wild Dogs. I mean education.

Zimbabwe 100

Zimbabwe Botswana South Africa Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Nevertheless, only the most important news I did follow, those about the decision-making process on future sales of elephants and their ivory at a global wildlife summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the first such meeting since 2013. We are facing a plague of poaching that is again decimating the species. One may say so.

Elephants 181

Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 181

Critter News

AUGUST 16, 2008

The UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting in Geneva voted in favour of China becoming a licensed importer. It will allow China to bid for more than 100 tonnes of ivory stockpiled in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe through culling and natural deaths.

Elephants 100

Elephants China Zimbabwe Namibia 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2013

In the end, it was birding that has taken him from his native Serbia, across the Balkans and Turkey, to the very borders of the Old World: East Anglia and Spain, southern Africa and, in the instance of this epic report, India. Trips endangered species India owlets owls' We look forward to many more missives from Dragan.

India 254

India Owls Tigers Endangered Species 254

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2012

With this quote I have the pleasure of introducing my home province (state) for this month’s 10,000 Bird’s Africa Beat. mi (almost exactly the same size as Indiana), it is one of the smaller provinces of South Africa, but is the second most densely populated with over 10 million inhabitants. At 36,433 sq.

Mozambique 183

Mozambique South Africa Africa Collecting 183

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2017

South Africa: The Gotcha Award. The Orange-fronted Parakeet is a critically endangered species that I came agonisingly close to seeing but didn’t. Botswana: I Still Have No Idea Award. I failed to see a Southern Black Bustard on my last visit to West Coast National Park near Cape Town. So what did I do?

United Arab Emirates 100

United Arab Emirates Ethiopia 2016 New Zealand 100