10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

” Landfill often made me wander off into some half-forgotten gulling experience of mine. At the time I was the Secretary of the Botswana Bird Club, and Claire was one of recipients of the club’s ornithological journal The Babbler. At one moment I even realised where I’d like to be while reading it: deep in rural Norfolk.

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Angola United Kingdom Mozambique Botswana 234

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2011

The last wild population of critically endangered Northern Bald Ibis or Waldrapp is almost entirely restricted to Morocco Once you’ve joined our ranks and are a confirmed Afrophile, the next level of trips to consider would be: Uganda – Africa’s overlap zone; 1,000 bird species in a tiny country and Mountain Gorillas (spending time with these gentle (..)

Papua New Guinea 255

Papua New Guinea Equatorial Guinea Madagascar Africa 255

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. Lions are most easily found in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Leopards Elephants 246

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2019

Ecuador or Botswana, respectively). They would like to experience it, but have no sufficient knowledge of its birding possibilities to choose one, or a few, instead of a continent as a whole. In the end, there were more than 40 destinations listed, most of them countries, and some of them smaller regions within large countries (e.g.

Papua New Guinea 214

Papua New Guinea America Costa Rica Sri Lanka 214

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Paddling around the Veliko Ratno Island Reserve in almost downtown Belgrade was such a liberating experience of getting close to nature while not having to travel far or invest much. In order to understand the nature of the river, which created my experiences and advice such as they are, think of the lower Mississippi.).

Birds 244

Birds Botswana Mississippi Eagles 244

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2015

I used to live in Botswana, where there are about 450 bird species in an area a few dozen miles from the capital; then somewhat naively moved back to Serbia with mere 250 species around the capital. So, beside a lot of birds and the sunny sky, I want the coldest thing to experience year-round to be my beer. Botswana (529 / 577).

Sri Lanka 257

Sri Lanka Botswana Africa Serbia 257

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

And so, back to political entities, this field guide covers Namibia , Botswana , Zimbabwe , the southern half of Mozambique (south of the Zambezi River), South Africa , Lesotho and Eswatini ( Swaziland ). and having them in your pocket makes a huge difference in your birding experience. The calls are sorted by type (song, alarm, etc.)

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Africa South Africa Swaziland Lesotho 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

She talked about what we might see after we remounted the safari truck, which we had just driven out of the campground at the southern end of Kgalgadi Transfrontier Park, where we were staying in the South African camp, just across from the Botswana camp. That was one of his cats. He also had tigers, cougars, and some other animals.

Feral Cats 257

Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 257

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2012

It is quite a sight to experience hundreds of Abdim’s Stork dropping out of the skies from seemingly thin air, to gorge on burnt or fleeing insects and rodents. It should sensibly occur in the vast Okavango Swamps of Botswana, but all records from this region have been discarded.

Africa 250

Africa Tanzania South Africa Uganda 250