10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2012
A Marabou Stork arriving at its roost tree, Serengeti, Tanzania by Adam Riley We’ll start off with the largest and ugliest of them all (measuring up to 60in (152cm) in height, a weight of 20 lb (9 kg) and a wingspan of up to 12ft), the Marabou Stork. They are often found roosting in small groups along the edges of lakes and riverine sandbars.
10,000 Birds
MAY 12, 2013
Africa’s pelicans can be a bit confusing on the identification front as Great White does show an overall pink blush in its plumage during breeding season whereas the pinkest part of Pink-backed Pelican is its lower back, which is only seen in flight! Great White Pelicans showing the pink flush of breeding plumage. Photo by Adam Riley.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 22, 2022
Interestingly, the HBW gives different contact calls depending on the country in which the flycatcher lives: “Contact call a simple ‘zeet, zwayt’ (South Africa), ‘ti-twit tee-twit’ (Gabon), ‘zi’zk’zk’ (Tanzania).” Or at least an “angry-looking bird” ( source ). ” ( source ) .
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 14, 2012
Tours groups that I guided to Ethiopia ten years ago had to endure very basic accommodation, almost no surfaced roads and low levels of service. White-rumped Babbler A near-endemic, this attractively-scaled babbler is not uncommon is small noisy groups in woodlands and thickets. Males have dark heads whereas females sport sooty ones.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 26, 2021
This book is essentially about those birds that breed on the continent south of the Sahara, a topic few birders are familiar with. A few years ago, in the American Birding Association FB group I posted a question: Where would you go if funds weren’t a problem? Day after day went by, with much sound but no sight of the peacocks.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 13, 2012
Woodward’s Barbet belongs to a group of barbets known as Green Barbets. The nearest population to them is several thousand miles north in Malawi and southern Tanzania. This bird breeds in the forests of the Transkei area and is only a winter visitor to KwaZulu-Natal. Image by Adam Riley. Image by Hugh Chittenden.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2012
These charismatic, colorful and finely formed birds are favorites amongst birders from experts to novices, and lie within the group of birds whose beauty even non-birders really appreciate. Carmine bee-eaters occur throughout most of Subsaharan Africa, and many populations migrate widely post breeding.
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