10,000 Birds
JANUARY 24, 2022
But for now, I still have the hornbills I saw in South Africa a few years ago. Wikipedia also suggests that these birds are sometimes kept as pets, noting that “in captivity, they are tame, loving birds that can be taught a variety of tricks and enjoy companionship with their owner.” I’ll always have Paris”, I guess.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 23, 2021
One in November 2018 included a one-day birding trip in the Drakensberg area, a mountain range in the border area between South Africa and Lesotho. The Common Waxbill looks like it belongs in a pet shop rather than in the wild. Originally restricted to Africa, it is now also well-established in parts of Europe and South Africa.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2018
And so we are out of Africa, or South Africa at least. Having done the lower end of South Africa, I truly long to get to see the parts farther north. Sunbirds, are in my interpretation, the hummingbirds of South Africa. They are border line pets around town, and have no fear of people.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2013
They are a commensal species, meaning that they are a wild animal that lives in close association with humans, not as a pet or as a farm animal but more like a parasite, to the extent that it is hard to find them in truely wild settings, and it is hard to find human settlements without them. It actually hit me, slamming into my windshield.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Prime destinations for seeing African Elephant in the wild include Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Uganda. Black Rhinos are best sought in South Africa, Namibia and Tanzania. In Asia they are even commonly kept as pets!
Animal Person
MARCH 21, 2009
Duffy really needs to be the only pet in the home or perhaps with a female dog (ask just in case--the implication was there). A less-than-thrilling update is that South Africa is still considering dog racing. Box 339 Bloemfontein 9300 South Africa Snyman.rd@ufs.ac.za Duffy cannot be in a home with a cat.
4 The Love Of Animals
MAY 8, 2011
Once gregarious and outgoing, she withdrew from her family and friends, from everyone except her pet cats. Soon people from South Africa to Japan heard about what was happening, and wrote to share their stories, their challenges, and their curiosity about what Henry was learning.
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