10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

A slightly more surprising threat for the vultures comes from elephants. Elephants destroy the trees the vultures live and nest in. Vultures, therefore, tend not to nest in areas with high elephant populations ( source ). Maybe the bird thinks this will drive the elephants away?

Elephants 147

Elephants Birds Congo Africa 147

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Nowhere else in Africa do the preconceived ideas of the continent really exist in such living detail; tall, red-robed Maasai herding their skinny cattle, endless grasslands studded with flat-topped Acacia trees and grazed by herds of zebras and wildebeest, and dramatic volcanic calderas brimming with big game and fierce predators!

Tanzania 215

Tanzania Africa Stud Leopards 215

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Elephant Butte Dam area, New Mexico. Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Violet-crowned Hummingbird – Amazilia violiceps. Paton Center for Hummingbirds (Patons’ Yard). 12 Oct 2018. 09 Oct 2018. 08 Oct 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Elephant Butte Dam area, New Mexico. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. Reddish Egret – Egretta rufescens. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. 01 Mar 2018. 01 Jan 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Rhinoceros Hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Elephant Butte Dam area, New Mexico. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. Reddish Egret – Egretta rufescens. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. 01 Mar 2018. 01 Jan 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113