This is the second post in the Birding crème de la crème series (the first, focused on southern Asia, is here). This time we...
Marabou Storks are ugly/lovely. They have character. They are unmistakeable. I won’t expend too much energy trying to describe them… I’ll just let the...
Tanzania has an enormous variety of exquisite birds but unfortunately it has an equal number of distractions that can interrupt your birding experience. Take...
WONDERFUL WEAVERS There are many different Weavers in the world and as far as I can tell they share the skill of masterful nest...
STELLAR SHRIKES Shrikes (like this Grey-backed Fiscal) are little wannabe raptors. They are quick and intense, with the requisite taste for lizards, snakes, and...
SUPER STARLINGS Tanzania plays host to a wide variety of Starlings, over twenty species in fact. In California we have the feisty intelligent generalist...
Tanzania is without a doubt the quintessential African safari nation. Nowhere else in Africa do the preconceived ideas of the continent really exist in...
Looking back from today, at the ripe old age of 55, I see clearly that two interwoven themes have dominated and directed my birding...
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