Birding Botswana
10,000 Birds
MARCH 5, 2012
The remnants of Africa’s largest lake, these pans now witness the largest wildebeest and zebra migration in southern Africa, rivaled only by the great migration of East Africa.
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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five
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. However it is now one of the world’s rarest animals after decades of relentless hunting and poaching. The Black Rhino was also a widespread African denizen occurring throughout the continent, even into desert areas.
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Birding Singapore
10,000 Birds
MAY 13, 2022
Lesser Whistling Ducks are “not threatened by hunting as they are not considered good to eat” ( Wikipedia ). If on the other hand you take a zebra, shrink it and attach wings, the punishment may be similar, but the result will not be a Zebra Dove. Lucky ducks.
“Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
At some stage, a salmon-hunting bear at a shingle beach came too close, mere 9 steps. Zebra finch, Taeniopygia (Poephila) guttata. Now, you should know Lucky, he’s no taller than my wife, who is of average height for a woman, and that bear was at least 4-5 times heavier than him. Shoveler, Northern, Anas clypeata.
Croc and rock birding trip part 1
10,000 Birds
JUNE 28, 2015
The quarry was being used as a training ground for a family of five Brown Falcons and they were amazing to watch as they used the quarry walls to hunt. It is a very popular place for Great Bowerbirds and they constantly fly back and forth across the quarry. An almost dry quarry. White-faced Heron. Black-fronted Dotterel.
The Cape Wildflower Spectacle
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012
Image by Adam Riley A Cattle Egret hunts grasshoppers and other insects in a field of wildflowers in West Coast National Park. It is common in the Fynbos and succulent Karoo regions. Image by Adam Riley Another common members of this region’s avifauna is the cute Cape Bunting.
Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
The drongo perches above the flock, snatching insects that they disturb, and keeping an eye out for predators that might go unnoticed by its hunting flock-mates. The species is classified as Near Threatened for all the usual depressing reasons – pollution, drainage, hunting, and the collection of eggs and nestlings ( source ).
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