10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Photos courtesy of Mosetlha Bush Camp A dusty-red road leads me through Marico bushveld deeper into the 750 square kilometers large wilderness of the Madikwe Game Reserve – the 4th largest reserve in South Africa, home to 350 bird and 66 mammal species, some 4 hours’ drive from Johannesburg. We wait for a while, but they do not reappear.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 2, 2009

In July, Kenyan authorities intercepted 16 elephant tusks and two rhinoceros horns being illegally exported to Laos from Mozambique. Some wildlife experts have attributed the increase in elephant poaching to the presence of Chinese workers in Africa. Tags: wildlife crime ivory africa Kenya china asia elephants traf.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2016

Africa: Two more shadows in the spotlight, two of the most endangered carnivores of the sub-Saharan Africa are coming along the road, toward us: African Painted Dogs (Wild Dogs). Africa: In front of us, next to a waterhole was a small acacia with several Cape Glossy Starlings roosting in its crown for the night.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

We’ll see ambitious programs to save diverse species from the outback of Australia, the savannahs of East Africa, the Brazilian Amazon and some of the most successful zoo breeding programs in the world. a pregnant Indian rhinoceros readies herself for birth after a 16-month wait. Miracle Babies: Baby Pandas.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

November 12, 2008) – Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomed a new baby white rhinoceros on Wednesday, Nov. Mlelani, Tambo and another female white rhino were airlifted from Kruger National Park in South Africa in 2001 through the efforts of the International Rhino Foundation (IRF), a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of rhinos.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2013

A dusty-red road leads me through Marico bushveld deeper into the 750 square kilometers large wilderness of the Madikwe Game Reserve – the 4th largest reserve in South Africa, home to 350 bird and 66 mammal species, some 4 hours’ drive from Johannesburg. Trips Mammals South Africa' We wait for a while, but they do not reappear.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Nowhere else in Africa do the preconceived ideas of the continent really exist in such living detail; tall, red-robed Maasai herding their skinny cattle, endless grasslands studded with flat-topped Acacia trees and grazed by herds of zebras and wildebeest, and dramatic volcanic calderas brimming with big game and fierce predators!

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Hence, for the rest of the world, I lowered my threshold to 400 and that worked well in Africa, but I soon discovered that for Asia I need to go further down, to 300. Indian Rhinoceros in Kaziranga, photo Anuwar Hazarika/Wikimedia Commons. Next time, see you in Africa. Other wildlife includes Asian Elephant , Tiger , Leopard.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

The African Spoonbill is one of the six global spoonbill species, and the main African one (there are also some Eurasian Spoonbills in Africa). While the species is listed as Least Concern, there are some papers suggesting it may not be as common as assumed, at least in South Africa. “ The diet includes seeds, nuts, and nectar.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2022

There is also a much older blog post on 10,000 Birds (by Adam Riley) specifically on Africa’s Barbets. The European Bee-eater sensibly winters in Africa … … while the White-throate d Bee-eater – even more sensibly – does not even leave there in summer. ” ( HBW ). Kind of like Dresden, I guess.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Pafuri lies in the northernmost part of the Kruger National Park and is described as “some of the most potentially productive birding territory in South Africa” on the SANParks website. So, you would have a “Hippopotamus Egret”, a “Rhinoceros Egret” or an “Elephant Bird” ( source ).

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

With a trip to South Africa on the horizon at the time, I thought I could handle it. Nothing wets the appetite for a birding trip like a map with a Blue-banded Pitta posed in the middle and a Rhinoceros Hornbill flying across the edge! Did I dare dip my toe into this catalog of tantalizing species? Now, I’m not so sure.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Ringer Anhinga and Darters (Anhingidae) The Anhinga and three darter species inhabit warm, freshwater regions of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Australasia. Reed Cormorant ( Microcarbo africanus ), Nairobi, Kenya © David J. The feathers of anhingas, darters, and cormorants are much less water resistant than those of other waterbirds.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

I’ll never forget my introduction to the mammals of Kruger National Park, South Africa. We –participants of the ABA South Africa Safari—were on a small plane when one Lori Conrad looked out the window and screamed, “There are elephants down there!” and everyone ran to Lori’s side of the plane. Believe me, I tried.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

Honduras , Malaysia and the southern-most bits of South Africa feature large this month with Mike, Duncan and Tom all vying to be MVB for June. Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Of course we all know it will be Pat… again… , but let them have their fun. Kruger NP Central Park. 23 May 2018. 18 Jun 2018.

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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.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Duncan has been in Africa, sweeping all before him like a brush fire. Contributions this month have come from; Costa Rica, USA, Australia, Mexico, Serbia, South Africa, UK, Botswana, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Iran. South Africa. Rhinoceros Auklet – Cerorhinca monocerata. South Africa. 11 Feb 2016.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

But our pin-up for August and worthy of a double-page-spread, is Duncan who is currently sharing from South Africa. South Africa. Rhinoceros Auklet – Cerorhinca monocerata. South Africa. In so doing, he has helped to push us through the 1900 milestone. River Lapwing – Vanellus duvaucelii. 11 Feb 2016.

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