10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2019

An expanse of habitat as vast as Murchison Falls NP in Uganda, as excessively generous in beauty and biodiversity, permits endless ways to experience both its birds and animals. I recommend both, but either should net you Rock Pratincole , a cool falls specialty. Rock Pratincoles.

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Uganda Senegal Africa Game 246

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2018

Just stepping away from the birds for a minute, because you can’t really do any kind of story about Kruger National Park, and not at least mention the animals. The best I could do to mix both the birds and the animals was in the picture at the top of this story.

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South Africa Africa Rhinos Mongoose 172

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Elephants are nowhere more abundant and one can often find oneself in the midst of a peaceful, grazing family herd, a special experience indeed to be so close to such huge animals.

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Tanzania Africa Stud Leopards 250

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 16, 2011

For more information about the movie and the “See ‘African Cats,’ Save the Savanna” initiative, check out Disney.com/AfricanCats. Would you like to enter the giveaway?

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Cats Lions Giraffes 2011 100

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 9, 2011

The area is a passage between the Amboseli, Tsavo West and Chyulu Hills National Parks that is frequently used by lions, cheetahs, elephants, zebras, giraffes and a host of other animals in the African savanna.

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Cats Lions Giraffes 2011 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

This is also why you very rarely find a photo of a giraffe on top of one of these posts – the other reason of course being that a giraffe photo would be relatively pointless in a birding blog. One of these photos would almost certainly have made the cover of this post if the design did not require a more horizontal format.

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Mountain Goats Singapore Giraffes Birds 147

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Animals of Kruger National Park by Keith Barnes is the animal guide I wish I had when I visited South Africa. It would have been useful to have more information about the rest camps that define each route, but I understand that there is a fine line (maybe even a broad one) between writing an animal guide and a tourist guide.

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Rhinos Animal Mammals White Rhinos 252

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2013

The animals listed below were all seen from the hide and went to make up a day total of 78 birds and 20 mammals, but only the one reptile on this winter’s day. Mammals seen; African Elephant, Brindled Wildebeeste, Giraffe, Hippopotamus, Warthog, Impala, Springbok. Birding Destinations Pilanesberg National Park South Africa'

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South Africa Reptiles Mammals Giraffes 225

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2014

Well, Copenhagen Zoo is back in the news; a few weeks after killing a giraffe and feeding it to some lions, it went and killed some of those same lions. To really get a story out there it needs to go viral, like the story about that giraffe did. And, I’m afraid to say, they aren’t.

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Lions Giraffes Zoos Killing 150

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

These vast and rugged lands of savanna, hills, gorges and rivers still protect some of Ethiopia’s largest extant herds of typical African savanna game, including African Elephant, African Buffalo, Giraffe, Lion, Leopard, African Wild Dog and numerous species of grazers. Yellow-billed Stork.

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Cattle 255

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. Waterfall Dances: Do animals have spiritual experiences?

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Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

The definition of the word HUNT is “to chase or search for game or other wild animals for the purpose of catching or killing.” The Amur Leopard ( Panthera pardus orientalis – above) is just one majestic animal on the Critically Endangered (CR) list with less than 100 individuals in the wild due to hunting for its fur.

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Hunting Hunters Gorillas Wolves 169