10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

It is technically correct, and recently fashionable, to insist that any living animal is a member of the larger group that contains it phylogenetically, i.e., ancestrally, with that group often named after the known animal that roots the tree. So pigs are camels, as you probably already suspected.) Nor do camels.

Camels 202

Camels Whales Whaling Apes 202

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

In an open Maruti Gypsy, we are heading north from Dasada in the Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, along a rather decent tarmac road, between the wheat fields and passing camel carts. That can be traced back in time to 1875, when Alfred Brehm wrote that he had found Sociable Lapwings only alongside the domestic cattle.

India 249

India Sudan Ukraine Camels 249

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Grey-crowned Babblers are usually in family groups of eight and are easily heard as you travel along the track. The native plants are often in groups due to the fact that they are mostly self-seeding and once you find a group of these trees or shrubs it is worth stopping to see what is feeding off the nectar.

Marsupials 100

Marsupials Birds Camels Zebras 100