10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

There’s a Three-striped Palm Squirrel by the side of the track, while Jungle Bush Quails are running across it in front of our Maruti Gypsy, almost the official safari vehicle of India. The closer one raises her head, than lies back. Telia yawns, raises and sprays her urine on a dead tree stump, marking her territory.

Tigers 252

Tigers India Killing 2012 252

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

You typically do not find a bird this naked or featherless outside of the nest unless there has been a storm or the nest has been attacked by predator like a raccoon, chipmunk, squirrel or corvids. If you cannot find the nest or it’s too destroyed, do not try and raise a chick this young. That is probably one of the adults.

Birds 266

Birds Fox Raised Ducks 266

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Now that the colony is off limits for hunting, the population has grown and the village is benefitting tremendously from entry and guide fees, and a school is being built courtesy of conservation funds. According to the World Bank, up to 80 percent of Ghana’s forests had been destroyed by illegal logging by 2008.

Ghana 199

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 199