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
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Tag: Birding Tanzania
Hands 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
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A New Species of Sunbird?!?!?!?
Finding a new species of bird isn’t something most birders think of as a real possibility. Certainly not in this day and age. That being
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Serengeti To Ourselves?!?
The Serengeti is one of those places. There’s a special connotation about it — and for good reason, it’s one of the most amazing places to go for wildlife viewing. We had it to ourselves but it almost didn’t get a chance to happen…
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Another New Sighting for eBird!
In March of 2020 no one knew what was about to happen. News of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China was just starting to
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Prove You Are A Tourist
Ross is under the impression that all of our remote bird expeditions look the same: take a bad road, show up in a village, coordinate,
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Into the Udzungwas!
We came to Tanzania on a mission to see all of the country’s endemics, and in order to see all of the country’s endemics, multiple
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Back to The Uluguru’s
Ross warned me. I knew what I was getting into. I agreed anyway. The Usambaras, the Ulugurus, the Udazangwas, and the Rubeos, collectively part of
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The Uluguru’s – A Flashback
Last year (2020) about this time, it was especially rainy, with significantly higher rainfall than average. We were on track to bird some of the
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Finally Some Birding! @ The Rondo Plateau – Southern Tanzania
It was a nightmare to get to, but the Rhondo Plateau was a fantastic place to visit! Now if only we could decipher our bird books to identify our target batis!
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