Birding Botswana
10,000 Birds
MARCH 5, 2012
What this land-locked country lacks in endemic birds it more than makes up for in accessibility of tough species, numbers of birds and the overall wildlife experience. We are currently filming in Botswana.
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Tanzania – Africa at its best
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 11, 2011
Nowhere else in Africa do the preconceived ideas of the continent really exist in such living detail; tall, red-robed Maasai herding their skinny cattle, endless grasslands studded with flat-topped Acacia trees and grazed by herds of zebras and wildebeest, and dramatic volcanic calderas brimming with big game and fierce predators!
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Birding by Volunteering
10,000 Birds
JULY 30, 2014
But my long wait to see antelope, zebras and everything in between is finally over. This time I’ll be working with Wildlife ACT in Zululand, helping that NGO monitor wildlife in a range of reserves and parks in the east of South Africa. Volunteering provides a very different experience to tourism though.
“Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
I don’t really know – from my own experience with school bullies or from Jack London’s novels? Illustrated with drawings by the author’s wife, wildlife artist Catherine Putman, “Understanding Animal Behaviour” has 178 pages. Zebra finch, Taeniopygia (Poephila) guttata. How did I know that? Shoveler, Northern, Anas clypeata.
Madikwe; Paradise Restored
10,000 Birds
MARCH 16, 2016
Great wildlife preserves, reserves and parks exist for a number of reasons. But I think it should be on the list of anyone that wants a knockout experience to share with non-birders. I stayed with Mosetlha Bush Camp and would highly recommend them for a unique bush experience. After the day of animals, a drink as the sun sets.
Africa’s Big Five and Little Five
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Thankfully the days of visiting Africa purely for slaughtering its wildlife have mostly come to a merciful end, and safari operators have adopted the Big Five term to market tours that offer sightings of the fortunate remanants of Africa’s once teeming great herds.
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