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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

They frequently reuse nest holes, thus saving vital natural resources even though cleaning out the used nest hole takes about one week ( source ). The Oriental Darter is classified as Near Threatened – the reasons are the usual ones: habitat loss, hunting, and pollution. of its hunts are successful. Back to birds.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

I returned home with very mixed feelings, which have spurred this article. Now that the colony is off limits for hunting, the population has grown and the village is benefitting tremendously from entry and guide fees, and a school is being built courtesy of conservation funds. Ghana’s people are just as friendly as before.

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