For anyone wondering, our days of living out of a truck and birding across the continent of Africa have come to an end. Anyone who
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Etosha
Etosha National Park may best be known for the large concentrations of game that gather around the watering holes at the end of the dry
Read moreVictoria Falls – Zambia
A picture is worth a thousand words. Or so they say.So instead of bogging this particular post down with whatever adjectives I can find to
Read moreWell, THAT Was WILD — Zambia
WARNING: Do NOT read this post if the circle of life makes you uncomfortable.
Read moreZambia – Frank’s Camp
Zambia’s bird life is better understood and more thoroughly documented because Frank Willems is in it. For the last 13 years Frank has been all
Read moreDip The Kip – Tanzania’s Hardest Endemic
How many times can we search for Kipenjere’s Seedeater and miss it? The honest answer: more times than I can count. What a boring bird
Read moreSaving The Easiest for Last – Tanzania 3.0
The majority of our time spent in Tanzania was during the rainy season. 2020 was an especially rainy year and after a dangerous ride in
Read moreThe Hardest Hike of My Life – Tanzania 3.0
There’s a mountain that rises sharply out of the ground in far Western Tanzania. To the east lies hundreds of kilometers of miombo forest and
Read moreHands Down THE BEST Bird Thus Far! – Tanzania 3.0
There’s a moment, just before an African rainstorm, that the air has a nice chill to it. When the heat from the sun becomes the
Read moreTanzanian Karibu – Tanzania 3.0
There is a special song that arises just before the sun. The dawn chorus, when the birds begin to sing all at once, happens each
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