10,000 Birds
JULY 15, 2015
The history of Tembe Elephant Park in South Africa is a slightly unusual one. It was founded as a safe place for refugees from the Mozambique Civil War , which ran from 1977 to 1992. But it wasn’t founded to serve as a refuge for human refugees, but animal ones, specifically elephants.
Critter News
OCTOBER 2, 2009
Elephants are being screwed by Asian demand for ivory. Officials say the sales have fuelled demand for ivory in Asian countries, especially China, contributing to a sharp increase in elephant poaching. So far this year poachers in Kenya have killed 128 elephants for their ivory; last year 98 were killed. It's a mess.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Ndumo Game Reserve lies in the Easternmost part of South Africa, close to the border of Mozambique and Eswatini. On this trip, this forced me to participate in a side trip to the nearby Tembe Elephant Park. Pel’s Fishing Owl, where were you? Mostly just oversized grey mammals there, not too many birds.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 13, 2012
In 1856 Wahlberg was killed by an Elephant near Lake Ngami in Botswana without ever publishing an account of his travels, but fellow Swede Carl Sundevall catalogued his collection at the Stockholm Museum and described the birds Wahlberg collected. The nearest population to them is several thousand miles north in Malawi and southern Tanzania.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2015
Crested Guineafowl, ( Guttera pucherani ); Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa, 7 January. Crested Francolin ( Dendroperdix sephaena ); Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa, 7 January. Wooly-necked Stork ( Ciconia episcopus ); Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa, 7 January. PHASIANIDAE (PHEASANTS AND ALLIES). Ciconiidae (Storks).
10,000 Birds
MARCH 25, 2015
A bird drove me nuts in Tembe Elephant Park, as I couldn’t find it on the app. The most outrageous of these was in Victoria Falls, where the smart list had the Livingstone’s Turaco (actually found on the other side of Zimbabwe on the border with Mozambique) but didn’t have Schalow’s Turaco , which does occur there.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 30, 2022
Yala National Park is brimming with wildlife and there are good chances of seeing Leopard , Sloth Bear and Asian Elephant , while it is also excellent for dry-zone birds, while the nearby Bundala coastal marshes and Palatupana ponds are good spots for shorebirds.
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