Senegal Related Topics 
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2012
Screened by a stand of large eucalyptus trees, I was at last able to concentrate on my quarry and complete my mission to bring you the Senegal Thick-knee (How many have you seen so far?). Running and rolling, I made my way across the track and into the dusty, trash strewn desert at the centre.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 9, 2019
TRIP LIST ( multiple lists ): White-faced Whistling-Duck, Egyptian Goose, Spur-winged Goose, Helmeted Guineafowl, Heuglin’s Francolin, Mourning Collared-Dove, Vinaceous Dove, Laughing Dove, Black-billed Wood-Dove, Denham’s Bustard, Eastern Plantain-eater, White-browed Coucal, Senegal Coucal, Levaillant’s Cuckoo, Dideric Cuckoo, Alpine (..)
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10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2012
We’ve shared plenty of pictorals of adult thick-knees, also known as stone-curlews or Dikkops, from Senegal Thick-knee ( here ) to Beach Stone-curlew ( here ) to Bush Thick-knee ( here and here ). And despite our evident New World bias here at 10,000 Birds, we have a fondness for Old World shorebirds like thick-knees.
10,000 Birds
MAY 26, 2024
An exhausted, panting, Griffon Vulture sits on a sea wall at Gibraltar, with a backdrop of spring-colorful wildflowers at Gibraltar These birds have crossed the Sahara Desert to winter in the Sahel Region, some right down to Senegal in West Africa, and are now on their way back.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2021
In his Preface, McMullan warns the reader that the book is not written in chronological order and he’s not kidding: the narrative goes from Thailand to Seattle, from Senegal to the Everglades, without segue or even much of a breath. He probably should do.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2012
Usually preferring arid zones, they occur across a large swathe of Subsaharan Africa, from western South Africa across to East Africa and westwards along the Sahel zone (the dry woodlands south of the Sahara) to Senegal. Excellent sites include Namibia’s Etosha National Park and Ethiopia’s Awash National Park.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 10, 2015
In the meantime, in order to rectify this I present some images of the Village Weaver, a widespread African species that ranges from Senegal to Ethiopia and down to South Africa. This situation may change as more species become established around the world. As their name suggests they are happy enough to live close to human settlements.
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