10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

And Flamingos and Hornbills and a Secretarybird and birds with names like Hamerkop and Thick-knee and Eremomela (which I know is a scientific term, but which, when pronounced correctly, reminds me of a Yiddish term of endearment my grandmother used). And so, I went on the American Birding Association Safari to South Africa.

South Africa 251

South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 251

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2015

Crested Guineafowl, ( Guttera pucherani ); Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa, 7 January. Crested Francolin ( Dendroperdix sephaena ); Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa, 7 January. Wooly-necked Stork ( Ciconia episcopus ); Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa, 7 January. PHASIANIDAE (PHEASANTS AND ALLIES). Ciconiidae (Storks).

2015 175

2015 South Africa Botswana Singapore 175

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2014

When I started birding in earnest during the 1980s in south-west Germany, no one talked about Egyptian Geese. During the early 1990s, rumours surrounding the occurrence of a few Egyptian Geese in far north-western Germany emerged, the result of an increasing and spreading Dutch feral population. Then, they had a plan.

Germany 150

Germany Geese Netherlands Kenya 150