10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

By the time this post publishes, I’ll be on an airplane heading back to the United States following a truly remarkable two week visit to Uganda as part of a group of western birders visiting there to promote the inaugural African Birding Expo. In the relatively brief period, my group had something on the order of 450 species.

Uganda 167

Uganda Africa Squirrels Tanzania 167

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2023

Today, the national forest park is open to tourists – which in China means large groups of people in similarly large buses. This resource participation, as the ornithologists call it, allows for relatively peaceful coexistence as long as both brands of confectionary are available.

Eggs 174

Eggs China Birds Mammals 174

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

In 1903, the distinguished Elliott Coues declared , “This is a definite and perfectly natural group, which will be immediately recognized by the foregoing characters, one of which, complete webbing of hallux, is not elsewhere observed among birds.&# Reed Cormorant ( Microcarbo africanus ), Nairobi, Kenya © David J.

2011 155

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 155