10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2015

I’m a big fan of the antelopes, a group that is most commonly associated with Africa but which also occurs in Asia and, if you stretch the term to be cladistically meaningful, Europe and North America. By this I mean applying the term antelope to cover all of the family Bovidae, which would include the sheep, goats and ox.

Africa 177

Africa Hunters Goats Sheep 177

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2013

It usually refers to an unleavened bread of the type made in south Asia. Shrimp and goat are also available. Hidden away in that boatyard is an amazingly good spot to buy roti, which rivaled doubles as my favorite food that I sampled while in Trinidad and Tobago. What, exactly, is roti?

Trinidad 189

Trinidad Guyana Chickens Reptiles 189

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

A housecat in Buenos Aires got its start in Africa, a sheep in Australia to the Middle East, a chicken in Ireland can trace its origin to the jungles of Asia. It should surprise no one that someone brought horses, or goats, or chickens. But hedgehogs? First of all they wanted useful species.

New Zealand 162

New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 162

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2014

Feral Goats also arrived with the first European settlers and this species population fluctuates dramatically depending on climatic conditions. The main threat was the reduction in vegetation for native animals and the general degradation of the land. Rock Doves in Broome.

Australia 157

Australia Species Feral Cats Feral 157

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. Carmine bee-eaters occur throughout most of Subsaharan Africa, and many populations migrate widely post breeding.

Africa 266

Africa South Africa Gabon Uganda 266