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. I am sure it has some value, but would I really want to spend a few months or even years on “Ticks on Crested Francolins and on the vegetation on a farm in Limpopo Province, South Africa “ ? 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

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. Image by Hugh Chittenden.

Mozambique 182

Mozambique South Africa Africa Collecting 182

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

First, he was mostly focused on the mammals. He will show you mammals like Capibara but doesn’t let it get in the way of birding. This is a fantastic initiative by BirdLife South Africa. Let’s start with the worst guide I ever had – just to provide the contrast to the greatness of pretty much everybody else.

Birds 213

Birds Mozambique Zimbabwe Mammals 213

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2024

It has all Big Five animals and a whole lot of other grumpy mammals. And then I realized: he had waded through the river… On another occasion I found myself in the Chimanimani Mountains on the border between Mozambique and Zimbabwe. For number three we need to travel to Mahango Park in Namibia. Well, here’s my number 1.

Mozambique 209

Mozambique Birds Ghana Namibia 209

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Hunters go to Africa to shoot lions, and this is without question a good thing; for birds, for ecosystems, and for lions in general! Melissa Bachmann, the hunter at the centre of the current storm, paid around $125,000 to shoot her male lion, and that’s not a small amount of money for a single lion in rural Africa.

Lions 181

Lions Killing Hunting Hunters 181