10,000 Birds
JANUARY 23, 2023
While it also eats dead meat and carcasses like its relatives, its favorite food is palm nuts. The Purple-crested Turaco is the national bird of Eswatini, which given that this country is the last absolute monarchy in Africa and the country with the world’s highest HIV prevalence is probably not much of an honor.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
Our local guide, Stuart, informed us that the small flags flying in front of some structures advertised what they sold: white for dairy, yellow for homemade wine, and red for meat. Hear more about this trip on this podcast: Hannah and Erik Go Birding KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Lesotho.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
The Crested Barbet (Kruger Park, South Africa) looks a bit like a pointillist painting gone wrong. Lucia, South Africa) will be your favorite. Unfortunately, I have so far seen only a few of them, and none of the ones in the Americas … but here are ten that I have seen and got halfway decent photos of.
Critter News
JUNE 28, 2010
Cameron Selogie, owner of the Il Vinaio restaurant in Mesa, served burgers made with African lion this week as a nod to the tournament in South Africa. And now Selogie himself is questioning whether the meat was fair game. "I Tags: exotic meats phoenix arizona lion. Reservations sold out, with a waiting list 100 long.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 29, 2014
” I’ll sometimes add “It’s in West Africa, I’ll be in South Africa. Hunting, the bush meat trade, habitat loss, population increases, they all have a part to play in this story. . “Aren’t I worried about Ebola?” ” To which I reply “No, not personally.”
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2020
Before it joins waters with the Matabele’s iliMphopho, the river of rapid rising and falling, known to the rest of the world as the ‘great, grey, green, greasy Limpopo’ of Rudyard Kipling’s writings, the Ngotwane River marks the boundary line between Botswana and South Africa.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 29, 2015
It isn’t just tourists and game hunters that like them though; Painted Wolves are also big fans, as they are easier to bring down than the larger species but have more meat to eat than a small duiker. The crest on the back becomes erect during breeding displays.
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