10,000 Birds
JANUARY 24, 2022
But for now, I still have the hornbills I saw in South Africa a few years ago. It is now almost exactly two years that I last was outside of China. At some point, my stock of memories of birds seen outside of China will be used up, I am afraid. I’ll always have Paris”, I guess. ” I am not sure I like this idea much, though.
10,000 Birds
JULY 16, 2013
I grew up in one of the most beautiful cities in the world – Cape Town, South Africa. In fact, there is no other region in Africa that offers such a fantastic level of endemism in such an accessible location. But their endangered status is belied by the fact that they are one of the easiest rare birds to find in Africa.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
Rock Hyrax Stuart provided a wonderful field lunch alongside a stream with samosas, a field-standard hard-boiled egg, and other snacks. We did not make too many other stops other than to head back to the “Highest Bar in Africa” for a celebratory beer and I was able to add to my foreign currency collection with a $20 Lesotho Loti.
10,000 Birds
JULY 10, 2012
This species prefers wetlands and its numbers have been decimated due to a combination of habitat destruction caused by human population growth and illegal removal of birds and eggs from the wild for the pet and zoo trade. An African Penguins strolls along Boulders Beach, Simonstown, South Africa.
10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2012
Baby Spotted Dikkop Mervyn van Rooyen in South Africa experienced the wonder of a wee thick-knee in a way very few of us ever will. But thick-knee babies are the cutest Charadriiforms you’d ever want to see. The best is he has been back to visit three times but always kept his distance.
10,000 Birds
JULY 3, 2012
But they are believed to have previously occurred over a much wider area, including coastal West Africa and much of the wetlands of South Africa. In fact, in South Africa they occurred in wetlands all the way to Cape Town at the southern tip of the continent.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2013
Helena and professes to hold the title of “remotest inhabited place on earth” And that is Tristan da Cunha Island, situated 1,750 miles from Cape Town, South Africa and over 2,000 miles from the closest point in South America. There is another permanently inhabited island that is even more remote than St.
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