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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

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And so, I went on the American Birding Association Safari to South Africa. That was easily fixed by adding a post-Safari trip to Eastern South Africa, led by dashing Rockjumper guide Clayton Burne, to my itinerary. The small group was a good counterpart to the large, convivial ABA Safari group of 98 birders.

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Impala Jousting

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The Impala is an slim, elegant antelope which is seen over most of sub-Saharan Africa, wherever there are a few Acacia bushes or some grass. They form bachelor herds where they test their strength against their peers, finding their natural place in the hierarchy. The purpose is to test each other, not to receive or cause injury.

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Birding the Eshowe area, South Africa

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Then, in 2018, other researchers did DNA testing on the sample specimen and found it was just an ordinary Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird with some kind of slight color mutation ( source ). In 1964, two researchers described a new species, the White-chested Tinkerbird, and brought a specimen back to the UK.

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50 Top Birding Sites in Kenya review

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When you mention “Africa” to a birder, it is likely that at least two thirds will instantly think “Kenya”, and for a good reason: it is home to over 1,060 bird species and boasts many globally important birding areas. The only thing left for me is to test this guide within Kenya.

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“Peacocks and Picathartes: Reflections on Africa’s Birdlife”

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I did that with Peacocks & Picathartes – Reflections on Africa’s birdlife (published by Penguin Random House South Africa ). In case you didn’t know, yes, there is an indigenous peacock living in Africa, the Congo Peafowl. When was the last time you chose a book by its covers?

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Birding the Rainforest Canopy

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These included Sunbird (United Kingdom), Birding Ecotours (South Africa), Aviatur (Colombia), and two teams from the USA; FieldGuides and Surbound Expeditions. Other ideas still in the testing process include using these events as a mechanism to spearhead a Migratory Bird Conservation Alliance along the Pacific Ocean migratory route.

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

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New World Vultures are their own family, Cathartidae, that has moved around a bit with the proliferation of genetic testing such that for a while they were thought to be allied with storks, but is now pretty well within, but not too within, the other diurnal raptors. Cape Vultures in South Africa – Alex Lamoreaux, The Nemesis Bird.