10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2015

I used to live in Botswana, where there are about 450 bird species in an area a few dozen miles from the capital; then somewhat naively moved back to Serbia with mere 250 species around the capital. Botswana (529 / 577). And, sadly, haven’t even reached one thousand birds on my life list, yet. And it shows. Malaysia (702 / 781).

Sri Lanka 257

Sri Lanka Botswana Africa Serbia 257

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Nevertheless, only the most important news I did follow, those about the decision-making process on future sales of elephants and their ivory at a global wildlife summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the first such meeting since 2013. A different research says, from 2002 to 2011 the known populations of forest elephants declined by 62%.

Elephants 194

Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 194

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

She talked about what we might see after we remounted the safari truck, which we had just driven out of the campground at the southern end of Kgalgadi Transfrontier Park, where we were staying in the South African camp, just across from the Botswana camp. We estimate that free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.4–3.7 billion birds and 6.9–20.7

Feral Cats 256

Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 256