10,000 Birds
JANUARY 14, 2021
This time we travel to Africa, or to narrow it further, to the Afrotropical region (since the north of the continent avifaunally belongs to the Palearctic). Geographic patterns of species richness for birds (1,558 species) in East Africa at 0.25° resolution (blue indicates low species richness, while brown indicates high species richness).
Critter News
DECEMBER 13, 2010
This is just horrible and sick, sick, sick. It's at a vomit level with me. From news24.com. Johannesburg - A Bloemfontein man received a criminal record on Friday for a "backyard experiment" on a pregnant monkey, the NSPCA said. The NSPCA in November 2008 charged Jordaan for his "merciless treatment" of a heavily pregnant vervet monkey.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 21, 2014
You probably have to go to a resturant in Botswana or South Africa to find Tigerfish on the menu. As I was just starting to examine it, a famous paleontologist who happened to be passing by came over to look, and immediately determine that it was a fossil primate tooth, a very rare find indeed. One is on the plate, as dinner.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 14, 2012
Ethiopia , a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa, has firmly established itself as one of Africa’s top birding destinations. The Abyssinian Empire was the only African nation to survive what is now known as the Scramble for Africa, and was never colonized (it did endure 6 brutal years under Fascist Italian occupation).
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2013
In early December of 2012 we had the opportunity to cover this hard-core rally in the south of Peru. The six international teams were as follows: The Zululanders – South Africa. Said Mike Karantonis of the South African team, ”I don’t think I’ve ever been more sleep-deprived in my life.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 26, 2021
I did that with Peacocks & Picathartes – Reflections on Africa’s birdlife (published by Penguin Random House South Africa ). In case you didn’t know, yes, there is an indigenous peacock living in Africa, the Congo Peafowl. He has authored several other books and many articles, largely on natural history.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2015
Ethiopia, a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa, has firmly established itself as one of Africa’s top birding destinations. Its great diversity of habitats hosts an incredible bird count of over 900 species, including Africa’s 2nd highest list of endemics and near-endemics (after South Africa).
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