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. Barn Owl on a dry tree trunk and a… traffic jam!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 24, 2020
Predictably, the flowers attract several species of sunbirds. Apparently, many bird species have employed the same concept as me for a long time. While waiting for the barn owls, an Asian Barred Owlet made a brief appearance. Somewhat predictably, the star among them is the adult male Crimson Sunbird. Birds, maybe?
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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. Barn Owl on a dry tree trunk and a… traffic jam!
10,000 Birds
JUNE 27, 2022
There are quite a few raptor species around Skukuza. A Barn Owl slept peacefully on the inside of the roof of a well-visited tourist cafe. It warned me not to order the latte though – overpriced and not very good, according to the owl. Most likely, the devil, not god created this species.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 11, 2018
I spooked three Barn Owls out of a dense scrub row, just as the sun was setting. This did open up the area to a few new species, like this Wilson’s Warbler. Along the irrigation canal, there were over a dozen species flying around. This leaves the Little Big Year numbers looking like this: Little Big Year species – 903.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 5, 2019
In reverse order, the medals were awarded for “most species seen in a country”, to Australia with 420, USA got the silver, scoring 556 while the runaway winner was Costa Rica with 646 species. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Eurasian Scops-Owl – Otus scops.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
During October, 7 countries (Costa Rica, Australia, USA, India, Hong Kong, UK, Serbia) were birded by 11 beats who shared 135 checklists and noted 697 species. Elephant Butte Dam area, New Mexico. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. The equanimity occurred as the two totals passed 3560. Alphabetic Taxonomic. 12 Oct 2018.
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