10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

If we assume (probably incorrectly) that of apes and monkeys, they all descended from a monkey like ancestor, than apes are monkeys. In other words, the group of mammals that includes all the monkeys, which is rather large (and not accurately defined because I’ve not said what a “monkey” is … am I including lemurs?)

Camels 248

Camels Whaling Whales Apes 248

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2012

Little Blue and Tricolored Herons , Snowy , Great , and Cattle Egrets , a Laughing Falcon , Black Vultures, Blue-winged Teal , a Wood Stork , a nesting tree of Montezuma Oropendulas , and Ruddy Ground-Doves were just some of the species we saw on our short train ride into the refuge. Howler monkeys! My first-ever wild monkeys!

Honduras 196

Honduras Wildlife Monkeys Bats 196

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2021

One of this species’ many peculiarities is that it has a digestive system unique amongst birds: Hoatzins use bacterial fermentation in the front part of the gut to break down the vegetable material they consume, much as cattle and other ruminants do. and near-endemic Golden-backed Uakari monkeys ( Cacajao melanocephalus ).

Dolphins 264

Dolphins Colombia Otters Monkeys 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2020

Tree crowns were swaying, branches rocking; a troop of Vervet Monkeys ( Cercopithecus aethiops ) was on the move and we were reaching for our binoculars. Cattle Egret 16. Vervet Monkey c. The gentleman living on a farm by the Ngotwane Dam said ‘A croc took my dog, right there!’. Grey Heron 4. Black-headed Heron 1. Black Egret 3.

Botswana 258

Botswana Africa 2001 Monkeys 258

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2014

I think that the ponds were already out of use and filled with atmospheric water only. As time goes by, my home was back in Belgrade, but now my paddling days were mostly over.

Serbia 247

Serbia Stray Dog Botswana Protection 247

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2018

In the first full day, we have seen dozens each of giraffes, zebra, warthogs, elephants, 12 rhinos, 30 hippos, 3 Cape Buffalo, crocodiles, jackals, monkeys, baboons, literally a thousand impala, and at least 10 different antelope type animals. The mighty rhino along with the Cattle Egret.

South Africa 161

South Africa Africa Rhinos Mongoose 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2017

To throw another monkey wrench into the raptor situation, clime change isn’t doing them any favors. In general, the best spots aren’t going to be wide open fields because those are recent, human-made habitats much more suited for cattle than forest birds.

Costa Rica 105

Costa Rica West Virginia Eagles Monkeys 105