10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2020

A single morning birding the thorny desert of Baringo in Kenya’s Rift Valley yielded several species at a rate I at times struggled to keep up with. Along the track, the shimmering scarlet gorget of a Hunter’s Sunbird shone like a beacon. Hunter’s Sunbird. Dark Chanting Goshawk.

Kenya 237

Kenya Owls Ostriches Hunters 237

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. Prime destinations for seeing African Elephant in the wild include Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Uganda.

Buffalo 209

Buffalo Rhinoceros Leopards Elephants 209

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

The topic was the concept of humans as predators, or hunters, or really, eaters of meat, and I was discussing the many ways in which people misconceived this notion. Your argument is invalid. Binford is absolutely correct about his concerns and you would know that I agree with him if you’d only read my latest paper.

Humane 165

Humane Lions Buffalo Butcher 165

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2014

The Secretarybird is a powerful, long-legged terrestrial hunter particularly well known for killing snakes by stamping them to death but also perfectly happy to consume other animal prey. Secretarybird ( Sagittarius serpentarius ) in Kenya by David J.

Madagascar 278

Madagascar Comoros Ecuador South America 278

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It includes stunning photographs by Tipling of eagle hunters (as in Kazakhs who hunt with eagles), Stellar Sea Eagles in Hokkaido, Japan, and Black Kites at the dump near New Delhi, India. The Birds of Prey chapter, on the other hand, is 18 pages long. Cocker focuses on the love-hate relationship we have with raptors.

Egypt 220

Egypt Birds Albania Eagles 220