10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 4, 2012
Out into the Atlantic Ocean, 400 miles from the coast of Senegal, lies an archipelago of islands known as Cape Verde. On the most popular tourist island of Sal, I was lucky to encounter the Hoopoe Lark , a bird of desert and dune. It has been likened to other birds such as roadrunner and mockingbird.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 17, 2022
According to a local African superstition that I just made up, it is not harmful to eat toxically colored birds if you eat them in the dark. Colonial history reflected in bird names. Unfortunately, the Fork-tailed Drongo is not the honest and god-fearing bird one could wish for. young in 1.5 years to keep the population stable.
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