10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Here, in south-west Ethiopia’s awkwardly named “Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region”, bordering Kenya and Sudan, the great Omo River dominates this dry savanna valley, resulting in some of Africa’s most well developed and best preserved arid-zone riverine forests. A Konso village perched atop a terraced hill.

Ethiopia 234

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Game 234

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

One of Africa’s truly exhilarating experiences is watching and listening to a honking flock of these massive birds as they appear out of the early morning mists over a wetland, to land nearby and start their wing-flapping and jumping displays. A Sharpe’s Longclaw photographed on the Kinangop Plateau, Kenya by Adam Riley.

Endangered Species 182

Endangered Species Species Morocco South Africa 182

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 208

Tanzania Africa Stud Leopards 208