10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2013

This attractive (for a lark anyway) species is restricted to the dry savannah Somali-Maasai biome of north-east Africa (northern Tanzania, Kenya, southern Ethiopia and Somalia). They usually occur in pairs or small groups but can gather in the thousands when conditions are right – for example when Etosha Pan in Namibia floods.

Africa 244

Africa Somalia Pelicans Mozambique 244

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2012

In Africa, our bee-eaters occur from the southern tip of the continent right through to the far north, occupying an incredible range of habitats and niches, from the interior of the deepest rainforests of the Congo to the arid steppes of the Sahel. European Bee-eaters can be found through-out Africa at the right time of year.

Africa 266

Africa South Africa Gabon Uganda 266

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

It takes only a single raindrop at the right place to render an electronic device completely useless. Wicked, right? I would NOT like to see old fashioned book field guides to vanish for a few simple reasons: It takes a whole lot of effort to render a field guide completely useless. Hat-tip to Stella.

Burkina Faso 168

Burkina Faso 2011 Birds Deer 168

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Chestnut-crowned is a Guinea woodland species, with its range stretching in a narrow belt right across the broadest section of Africa and wedged between the dry Sahel and the rainforest zone. The most widespread is White-browed which ranges through most of southern and East Africa outside of the forest zones.

Tanzania 254

Tanzania Buffalo Kenya Namibia 254