10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Nevertheless, only the most important news I did follow, those about the decision-making process on future sales of elephants and their ivory at a global wildlife summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the first such meeting since 2013. Every now and then, I need to cut the world off and clear my mind. And it gave me a hope.

Elephants 186

Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 186

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Cuery y Salado Preserve protects a coastal mangrove system full of wildlife from monkeys to trogons. Half the fun of this site is the process of getting there by an old, repurposed “banana train!” Photo by James Adams. We first visited Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge.

Honduras 163

Honduras Monkeys Birds America 163

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2014

, and at the same time not grumpy enough to make them draw their guns (yep – it’s a true story, but do not trust the first impression: they were rough on the outside and soft on the inside, e.g. being fiercely protective of stray dogs and cats – that particular guy kept about five dogs and 15 cats, and they all lived together peacefully).

Serbia 242

Serbia Stray Dog Protection Botswana 242

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Nearly 2,500 square miles of the wildest sections of the Omo Valley are protected in the almost contiguous Omo National Park on the river’s west bank (Ethiopia’s largest park) and Mago National Park on the east bank. D’Arnaud’s Barbet displaying atop a fencepost. A young Hamar woman. The lovely Bruce’s Green Pigeon.

Ethiopia 243

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Game 243

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Although this park was logged in the past, as a national park it is one of the few forests in Ghana that is really protected. . All these forests are in “protected” forest reserves, however at some, logging permits are reportedly being issued for harvesting of these forests. What makes Ghana so special?

Ghana 193

Ghana Hunters Gambia Guinea 193