10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 30, 2021
From there, we entered a side tributary full of Ringed and Amazon Kingfishers , with Chestnut-fronted and Scarlet Macaws in flight… and then the noise: groans, croaks and grunts… and the smell… of this 65 million years old species, so old that the last dinosaurs must have fed on them! Photo by Juan Carlos.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 4, 2017
In keeping with high diversity in other aspects of the avian kingdom, including falcons and excluding owls, this small country has a raptor list that tops fifty species. There might be a lot of species, but competition and other factors result in fewer individuals of each species. and Short-tailed Hawk.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 10, 2012
Other species I was looking forward to as possibilities included Anhingas , Magnificent Frigatebirds , and seeing as the sun was supposed to shine, some raptors soaring. Howler monkeys! My first-ever wild monkeys! Monkeys!!!!! Golden-mantled Howlers !
10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2015
Its great diversity of habitats hosts an incredible bird count of over 900 species, including Africa’s 2nd highest list of endemics and near-endemics (after South Africa). Quality time was spent with a friendly Hamar family at their homestead of grass huts surrounding their cattle corral. Yellow-billed Stork.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 19, 2014
If we assume (probably incorrectly) that of apes and monkeys, they all descended from a monkey like ancestor, than apes are monkeys. In other words, the group of mammals that includes all the monkeys, which is rather large (and not accurately defined because I’ve not said what a “monkey” is … am I including lemurs?)
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2020
Among 60 or so heron species in the world this is the only one using this peculiar fishing technique. Tree crowns were swaying, branches rocking; a troop of Vervet Monkeys ( Cercopithecus aethiops ) was on the move and we were reaching for our binoculars. Cattle Egret 16. Vervet Monkey c. Grey Heron 4. Squacco Heron 2.
10,000 Birds
MAY 28, 2018
In the first full day, we have seen dozens each of giraffes, zebra, warthogs, elephants, 12 rhinos, 30 hippos, 3 Cape Buffalo, crocodiles, jackals, monkeys, baboons, literally a thousand impala, and at least 10 different antelope type animals. The mighty rhino along with the Cattle Egret.
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