10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2024

We also saw a leopard, but it was the A to Z that sticks in the mind. Incidentally, encounters with both aardvarks and zorillas are rare – it’s much easier to see lions and leopards. It was an exciting experience, though a remarkably chilly one, as winters in Castile and León can be very cold.

Fur 175

Fur Bulgaria Otters Estonia 175

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

They are not necessarily the biggest African animals, but represented those that were considered a real hunter’s worthy prey or “game” – the African Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Black Rhinoceros, Leopard and king of the jungle, the Lion (which of course doesn’t inhabit jungle but savanna!). They live for up to 100 years.

Buffalo 194

Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 194

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Recent publicity about these remarkable tribes has resulted in tourists wanting to experience this wild land and its attractions for themselves. Quality time was spent with a friendly Hamar family at their homestead of grass huts surrounding their cattle corral. Yellow-billed Stork.

Ethiopia 234

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Game 234

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

This is the place, after all, that people see Sunda Clouded Leopards! Almost as soon as we left the grounds we came a cross a feeding flock of Pygmy Ibon , a minute type of white-eye (already a small family), and then a handful of bizarre looking Dusky Broadbills (they look like they are manically grinning) perched over a river.

Lemurs 158

Lemurs Family Rhinoceros Fish 158

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

So much so that the two species are placed within their own family, Chaetopidae. Even leopards still live here and occasionally terrorize the African Penguin colony at nearby Betty’s Bay. If you happen to be lucky enough to find yourself in Cape Town, choose a windless day and experience the magic of this place and its birds.

South Africa 235

South Africa Penguins Birds Africa 235

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2011

For 9 months of the year, this great, bellowing herd can be found in the Serengeti and watching the long lines of grunting wildebeest moving across the plains is truly a remarkable experience.

Tanzania 208

Tanzania Africa Stud Leopards 208

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2016

It’s the only park I have ever been to that not only have I seen all five of the Big Five (Lion, Leopard, African Buffalo, White Rhino and African Elephant) in, but seen them all on the same day. Leopards are also awesome and I saw two at Madikwe. A Shaft-tailed Whydah, a member of a small African family of cuckoo-finches.

South Africa 140

South Africa Leopards Giraffes Africa 140