10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2021

While Mike and Corey – fitting for being real celebrities in birding cycles – get invited to far-flung places such as Uganda, minor local birders sometimes at least get invited to places nearby. But now back to birds … Little Ringed Plovers also seem to like to breed directly on the road. Blandness sells.

Birds 225

Birds Uganda Breeding Rats 225

10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2022

Those large international agencies use reputable local ground agents, and in my experience this creates a safety cocoon around the travellers. And the answer to the question I am raising here is, yes, I would travel to Sri Lanka in the next period. And now is the time to go back to the Bradt travel guide to Sri Lanka by Philip Briggs.

Sri Lanka 147

Sri Lanka Ghana Uganda Eagles 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2015

This map shows the distribution of the World’s bird species, based on overlying the breeding and wintering ranges of all known species. And it raises a question: if all the birds are having a party over there, am I in the wrong spot? Uganda (987 / 1083). It makes me think what is the meaning of life, the universe and everything?

Sri Lanka 257

Sri Lanka Botswana Africa Serbia 257