10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2019

As a duck hunter, he had seen Redheads and scaups and mergansers throughout the winter, but as I did not relish getting up at 3:30 a.m. From his time hunting, Brian knew where rafts usually sheltered from the wind on the Santa Rosa Sound, and we strolled down the shore towards the black dots in the distance.

Bald Eagle 113

Bald Eagle 2019 Florida Hunters 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2012

Although they share some affinities with typical raptors (building eagle-like nests and possessing hooked bills) Secretarybirds have many characteristics that warrant them to be placed in their own genus, Sagittarius. There is no raptor quite so removed from the typical confines of what a bird of prey should look and behave like.

Botswana 214

Botswana Eagles Porcupines Hunting 214

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2022

The Congo Basin is the only place to shelter all three subspecies of gorilla: the Western Lowland Gorilla, the Eastern Lowland Gorilla and the endangered Mountain Gorilla. The region also provides food, fresh water and shelter to more than 75 million people of nearly 150 distinct ethnic groups.

Central African Republic 279

Central African Republic Congo Gabon Gorillas 279

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Lacking, as I do, a birding reputation that would make people part with cash for my time I’ll have to go for the rarity hunters and put together an itinerary of highlights that can’t be missed. The sheltered bays of the Coromandel are home to another endemic, the Southern Merganser. I can’t lose.

New Zealand 194

New Zealand Ducks Australia Mountain Goats 194