10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2017

In this treaty, the Germans ceded control over some of their colonial territories in East Africa to the British in return for the Caprivi Strip (now Namibia) and, surprise, the island of Heligoland. Spending the winter far out at sea in the Arctic when you are a bird barely larger than a feral pigeon?

Germany 100

Germany Denmark Namibia Breeding 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2015

Ostritch ( Struthio camelus ); Wakkerstroom, South Africa, 22 February. White-backed Duck ( Thalassornis leuconotus ); Wakkerstroom, South Africa, 22 February. South African Shelduck ( Tadorna cana ); Madikwe, South Africa, 17 February. African Pygmy-goose ( Nettapus auritus ); Caprivi Strip, Namibia, 1 January.

2015 175

2015 South Africa Botswana Singapore 175

10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2015

Mum, Dad, I’m sorry I described my childhood as feral. They are a single genus, Cichladusa , with three species, found mostly in Central and Eastern Africa. Across the Chobe River from Kasane, overlooking the Caprivi Strip of Namibia. This fledgeling was trapped in the lobby, but we were able to guide it back outside.

Mozambique 161

Mozambique Zambia Zimbabwe Namibia 161