When I left for work last Thursday night, the plan for the upcoming weekend was to spend time birding around the Florida Keys, first going
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Tag: Independent birding
Cleaning up Sao Tome – ST&P
After a brief, but successful visit to Principé, we returned to São Tomé. It was Deja-vu as we landed and essentially repeated exactly what we
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The Locals Don’t Always Know Best – Principé – ST&P
It is necessary to visit both of the islands of São Tomé and Principé as they each hold a slew of endemics. But after buying
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Headed Into the Islands! – ST&P
São Tomé and Principé are two islands off the coast of Western Africa. Together they form the second-smallest and second-least populous African sovereign state. (The least
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More than Nothingness – Namibia’s Only True Endemic
There’s more to larks than meets the eye.
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Pittas and Chimps! – Kibale NP Uganda
Surely one of the most colorful ground dwelling birds in all of Africa is Green-breasted Pitta. Breeding birds can be seen displaying in trees, but
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Beautiful Waterfalls and A Dusky Babbler
Clear, light blue skies with wispy white clouds and a bright sun illuminating savanna grassland and acacias below. Vine tangles near a few taller trees
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Into The Great Wide Open – Maasai Mara – Kenya
Magic happens in the Maasai Mara. The kind of magic that involves big cats, little cats, plenty of game, and if you visit during migration,
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Indonesia – Simeulue – Completely Cleaning Up
In case you missed it, we had just spent the previous days visiting a few small islands off the coast of Sumatra. Over the course
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Ranomafana – Madagascar – The Last Hurrah
It’s always funny when you picture in your head how a place is going to be and then you show up and it’s vastly different.
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