10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2021

… – part 2 – Once I finish this writing, with a strange mix of emotions I will put the Lynx field guide Birds of Colombia to the bookshelf for the first time, more than half a year after I received it. When they surface, the tips of the snout, biosonar “melon” and dorsal fins appear simultaneously, the tail rarely showing before diving.

Dolphins 263

Dolphins Colombia Otters Birds 263

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The Oriental Darter is classified as Near Threatened – the reasons are the usual ones: habitat loss, hunting, and pollution. of its hunts are successful. On one occasion, he tried catching a cobra by the tail and got bitten on the tip of finger which he slashed with a pocket knife. Back to birds. Then, there are raptors.

Birds 229

Birds Eagles Elephants Rhinoceros 229

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Very little information was available at the time, so we hired a car and off we went, following the few tips we had managed to gather but mostly our noses. And wow, what a trip we had! What are the chances of survival for these shy forest denizens?

Ghana 199

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 199