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African Big Year Zoom Presentation
Hi Guys, included the Zoom ID for a talk I am presenting to Birdlife Northern Gauteng Tuesday 13 April at 18h30 ~ if you want to join......
Apr 12, 20211 min read
31 Dec 2019: Successful Big Year!
What dream, what hope, what despair drives us to do the things we do, just to desert us when the deed is done? What hollow things are...
Jan 1, 20202 min read
24-26 Dec 2019: The Long Way Home
I love flying. I've been to almost as many places as my luggage. Bob Hope I was hoping to be home by Christmas – but that did not work...
Dec 26, 20192 min read
23 Dec 2019: The Gambia - Day 3
Early morning birding in the garden of the Morgan Kunda Lodge delivered good views of a Yellow-crowned Gonolek, African Thrush,...
Dec 23, 20192 min read
22 Dec 2019: The Gambia - Day 2
Our second day of birding the Jajari area started off with a fine sighting of Bruce’s Green Pigeon just outside the lodge. On our way to...
Dec 22, 20193 min read
21 Dec 2019 A: Senegal Extravaganza!
"He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the...
Dec 21, 20193 min read
21 Dec 2019 B : The Gambia – Day 1
The open book of Nature is the manuscript of God Patience Strong Crossing the border into The Gambia went off without a hitch. The border...
Dec 21, 20192 min read
19-20 Dec 2019: São Tomé to Senegal
I was finally getting the hang of cheap flights in Africa – the secret was to have no expectations at all. The arrival time printed on...
Dec 20, 20192 min read
18-19 Dec 2019: São João dos Angolares
The flight from Principe to São Tomé was uneventful, although it was delayed for about five hours due to bad weather over São Tomé...
Dec 19, 20192 min read
17 Dec 2019: Ilhas Tinhosas
One of the lesser known gems of African birding is the Pedras Tinhosas, an uninhabited archipelago of two small islets, Tinhosa Grande...
Dec 17, 20192 min read
16 Dec 2019: Shaking St Peter’s Hand
I done been to the pearly gates, they sent me back. Said the good die young - I ain't eligible for that. Curtis Jackson My dipsomaniac...
Dec 16, 20192 min read
16 Dec 2019: Santo Antonio
My guest house, Residencial Apresentacao, was situated near the beachfront on the banks of a small river in the rural town of Santo...
Dec 16, 20192 min read
15 Dec 2019: Lagoa Amelia
The taxi I arranged to pick me up at the guest house failed to arrive at 05:00 in the morning so I made a quick dash to a nearby taxi...
Dec 15, 20192 min read
Bird no 1500 for African Big Year
High in the mountains of Sao Tome a Sao Tome Speirops became my 1500th bird (using the IOC List) for my African Big Year. I celebrated by...
Dec 15, 20191 min read
14 Dec 2019: Bom Successo
Even after nearly a year of birding throughout Africa it remained a daunting experience to find birds in a strange country where one...
Dec 14, 20193 min read
13 Dec 2019: Birding São Tomé and Principe
The islands of São Tomé and Príncipe straddle the equator in the Gulf of Guinea and are positioned within the 200 nautical miles (370 km)...
Dec 13, 20192 min read
Murphy’s Laws of Birding
“Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.” Murphy’s Law Captain Edward Aloysius Murphy, a decorated US Air Force World War 2 pilot, after...
Dec 2, 20192 min read
1 Dec 2019: African Big Year in Jeopardy
Our focus at Wondo Genet was to find the White-winged Cliff Chat, a bird we dipped during our previous visit. Endemic to Ethiopia and...
Dec 1, 20192 min read
30 Nov 2019: Awassa
Our next destination was Awassa, 300 km north of Yabello. To my great relief it seemed as if dirt roads were excluded for the next few...
Nov 30, 20192 min read
28-29 Nov 2019: Yabello
Fools! For I also had my hour; One far fierce hour and sweet: There was a shout about my ears, And palms before my feet. The Donkey -...
Nov 29, 20193 min read
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