10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2024

On my 21-day Kenyan safaris we reckoned to find around 600 species of birds and around 60 mammals, both impressive totals. In 2023 I attempted to keep a year list of mammal encounters: the list barely exceeded 20 species, while it became complicated by seeing bats and voles that I was unable to name specifically.

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Fur Bulgaria Otters Estonia 183

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

After securing our passage, I patiently waited for this once-in-a-lifetime experience to a place we have never been and lacked any knowledge of, we were in for a complete surprise. Marion has a fascinating history with invasive species. Salvin’s Prion.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 263

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2012

There are at least three species of wildflowers clinging to this cliff by the way. “Well, I won’t be needing this any longer” Up until this moment I did not realize that not only owls upchucked undigested pellets of bone and fur. Feather’s from the kill float in the water. “That nest?”

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Falcons Killing Fur Owls 167

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. I also watched a red fox bury her mate after a cougar had killed him. Waterfall Dances: Do animals have spiritual experiences? I wondered what in the world he’d brought back and discovered the wet ball of fur was a very young bunny.

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Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100