10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

This is a cruise like no other, full of scientific lectures, over forty guides spread out on deck, bird-themed parties, and a lights-off mandate to protect birds at night. The marine protected area status was designated in 2013. The cats were eradicated by 1991, which left the mice population to go unchecked.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 263

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

I wanted Penguins. They range from the successful eradication of feral cats from Marion Island (hear that, Corey?) The leopards place their kill in a tree, protecting it from poaching by other predators. So, the best way to find a leopard is to find the kill. And Sunbirds.

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South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 253

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2013

But there is one Cape bird that stands head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to character – the African Penguin. An African Penguin peers protectively around its fluffy chick. All it takes is a trip to Boulders Beach in Cape Town to get up close and personal with these comical penguins.

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Penguins South Africa Africa Sharks 214