10,000 Birds
AUGUST 20, 2015
So, beside a lot of birds and the sunny sky, I want the coldest thing to experience year-round to be my beer. While there is a lot left to be done when it comes to research and nature protection in many tropical countries, there are not that many jobs in that line of work, and ecotourism seem to be the industry of choice.
10,000 Birds
JULY 30, 2014
The first time I went was for my Masters Field Trip, studying tropical ecology in Kenya (otherwise known as the best month of my life). Volunteering provides a very different experience to tourism though. And come the new year I’ll be telling you all about my experiences this time around.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2015
Here, in south-west Ethiopia’s awkwardly named “Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region”, bordering Kenya and Sudan, the great Omo River dominates this dry savanna valley, resulting in some of Africa’s most well developed and best preserved arid-zone riverine forests.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 7, 2014
We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. Cocker put out a call for people’s personal experiences with birds and people responded, over 600 people, most of who are credited in the Acknowledgements section. As they say, the relationship is complicated. So, I just sit here, amazed at this book.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
Reed Cormorant ( Microcarbo africanus ), Nairobi, Kenya © David J. He is a writer and communicator whose day jobs have taken him to six continents and more than 25 countries, including Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Kenya, and Cameroon. There’s lots to see, so sit back and enjoy this photo-heavy post. The proposal from U.S.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 25, 2019
4%: Mexico, West Papua (Indonesia), New Zealand, South Africa, Kenya. A lot more needs to be done to protect and sustainably utilise that biodiversity, although with the Brazil’s current president, it seems highly unlikely. 6%: Antarctica, Argentina, Indonesia (including the votes for West Papua), India. 8%: Brazil, Panama.
10,000 Birds
JULY 10, 2012
One of Africa’s truly exhilarating experiences is watching and listening to a honking flock of these massive birds as they appear out of the early morning mists over a wetland, to land nearby and start their wing-flapping and jumping displays. A Sharpe’s Longclaw photographed on the Kinangop Plateau, Kenya by Adam Riley.
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