10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Ndumo Game Reserve lies in the Easternmost part of South Africa, close to the border of Mozambique and Eswatini. Pel’s Fishing Owl, where were you? The Black Heron – besides looking rather cool, though not really very black – also has an interesting fishing technique. UysI and G.

South Africa 147

South Africa Africa Birds Research 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2015

The history of Tembe Elephant Park in South Africa is a slightly unusual one. It was founded as a safe place for refugees from the Mozambique Civil War , which ran from 1977 to 1992. The park did have a pack of African Wild Dogs, or Painted Wolves, the species I had gone to Africa to see.

South Africa 145

South Africa Elephants Africa Lions 145

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2018

401-600 sp: Honduras, Guatemala, Guyana, Suriname and French Guyana, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay; the Sahel countries (Africa), Namibia and Botswana; Central Asian countries and Cambodia. Panama’s eight per cent is close to Nearctic (North America and Greenland with 8 %) and Palearctic (Eurasia, Middle East and North Africa with 10 %).

Equatorial Guinea 188

Equatorial Guinea Costa Rica Guyana Central African Republic 188

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2012

These areas, as well as being famous for the afore-mentioned near-endemics, are also home to long isolated populations of birds otherwise only found in East Africa to the north and South Africa to the south. Situated slap-bang on the Zim/Mozambique border, this used to be one of the most productive birding sites in the country.

Zimbabwe 189

Zimbabwe Buffalo Mozambique Birds 189

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2023

The whole village smells of fish – its raison d’etre. One goat is feeding on fish hanging to dry along the sticks. Between the sea and the village, on now dry tidal flats, gulls and egrets are wandering among the fishing boats lying on their sides and waiting for the tide. There is not a single tree in the entire village.

Mozambique 130

Mozambique India Fish Goats 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2013

The whole village smells of fish – its raison d’etre. One goat is feeding on fish hanging to dry along the sticks. Between the sea and the village, on now dry tidal flats, gulls and egrets are wandering among the fishing boats lying on their sides and waiting for the tide. There is not a single tree in the entire village.

Mozambique 205

Mozambique India Birds Fish 205

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. Yellow-billed Duck ( Anas undulata ); Madikwe, South Africa, 17 February.

2015 175

2015 South Africa Botswana Singapore 175