10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2019

I expected fleeting glimpses of chimps if we saw any at all, but my first encounter with these amazing primates in the wild lasted many minutes as our respective groups peered at each other from opposite ends of the road. Another advantage the Royal Mile lords over most other birding locations is the presence of Chimpanzees.

Uganda 217

Uganda Africa Monkeys Birds 217

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Tours groups that I guided to Ethiopia ten years ago had to endure very basic accommodation, almost no surfaced roads and low levels of service. White-rumped Babbler A near-endemic, this attractively-scaled babbler is not uncommon is small noisy groups in woodlands and thickets. Males have dark heads whereas females sport sooty ones.

Ethiopia 271

Ethiopia Eritrea Africa Mammals 271

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Over a dozen distinctive ethnic groups exist here, many of whom live lives little touched by the modern world. The Turmi area is home to the Hamar tribe who numbering nearly 50,000 are one of the largest ethnic groups living in the Lower Omo Valley (with an approximate population of 200,000 tribal people). Hamar mother and child.

Ethiopia 246

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Birds 246

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2018

According to cladists, every organism is a member of any group of organisms that includes it. But they can’t because the first tetrapod that emerged from the fish-with-feet group happen to have four limbs, and all we tetrapods are stuck with that feature. Cladistics is not a way of looking at groups of organisms.

Monkeys 141

Monkeys Gorillas Whales Whaling 141

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Sepilok is a good place to see a number of woodpecker species. As among consultants, it is a cardinal rule to always follow some kind of ordering principle, here are five Sepilok woodpeckers in order of size, starting from the smallest one. Makes them sort of the renters of the woodpecker world rather than homeowners.

Woodpeckers 217

Woodpeckers Birds Eggs India 217