10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 18, 2019
Yes, we’ll be heading to Africa, more specifically the “Pearl of Africa,” Uganda. We will trek to see Mountain Gorillas , seek out Shoebills , and hope to avoid being trampled by Hippopotami. … The post Mike And Corey Are Going To Uganda! ” That helped, right?).
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 18, 2016
Directly under the Equator: southwestern Uganda! Phoebe Snetsinger had that experience while birding East Africa for the first time and seeing as many birds as she did in the US for the previous 50 years.). A travel guide for birders should be the “Bradt Guide to Uganda” written by Philip Briggs, who is a birder himself!
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Critter News
MAY 29, 2009
Uganda is seeing a growth in tourism dollars from visits to see its mountain gorillas. The tourism revenue creates an incentive for Uganda to protect the endangered species at the same time that it contributes to human welfare. There are only about 700 mountain gorillas left in the world. This is very important.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2012
The wonderful family Meropidae contains 27 dazzling species, of which Africa is endowed with no less than 20 species, the balance occurring across Asia and with one as far afield as Australia. My personal record is 8 species in a morning along the Nile in Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
I had planned to do another story today, but my laptop, sick of endless David Attenborough DVDs, Skyrim and searches of birding in South Africa made a break for it and took a swan dive off my bed. You’ll also remember that the caves are also one of the destinations I took my parents to when we toured Uganda.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 11, 2023
He passively supports BirdLife in the Netherlands and South Africa and actively in Portugal as treasurer of SPEA – Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves. So, with “Birds of East Africa” packed in with the clean undies the most recent trip went to Uganda. Shoebills eat lungfish and they also attract rich people from abroad.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 6, 2011
Adam will be leading 10,000 Birds readers on an amazing odyssey into Africa starting… now! To the uninitiated, Africa conjures up images of underdevelopment, poverty and hardship. I was fortunate to have been born and raised in Africa, and although I have traveled extensively around the world, it remains my home and in my blood.
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