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Tag: Birding

  • Birding in Etosha National Park (Namibia Trip)

    Etosha National Park in Namibia is famous for its astonishing diversity of large mammals, but it is also home to an impressive variety of birds, from tiny finches to giant ostriches. Many of these birds are easy to find and photograph because of the abundance of open country in the park. Bustards (family Otididae), including…

  • Namibia: Spitzkoppe

    The semester’s over and I finally have time to write again! Note: The first blog post about my trip to Namibia can be found by clicking HERE. The next stops on the itinerary included Spitzkoppe and various sites in the Erongo Mountains. “Spitzkoppe,” which is derived from the German words for ‘pointed dome,’ is a group…

  • Namibia: Walvis Bay Flamingos

    Note: My first post about my trip to Namibia is HERE . After driving through the desert, we arrived in the coastal city of Walvis Bay. It’s a great spot for people interested in birds and nature, as many sea birds can be seen along the shore, especially in the Walvis Bay lagoon. There are…

  • A trip to Southwestern Africa! (Namibia, Botswana, and Victoria Falls)

    For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to visit southwestern Africa, and I was finally able to make that particular trip happen this summer. I spent about a month there, primarily in Namibia, but I also visited the Okavango Panhandle and Chobe National Park in Botswana, and Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. So, why…

  • Winter Birding in Alberta

    Birdwatching in the winter in Canada may not seem like it would be very fruitful. Lately (as I write this in late December), it has been extremely cold, windy, and snowy in Alberta, with temperatures dipping to – 30 C or lower. The land looks stark and frozen. It is worth it to go birdwatching?…

  • Grande Prairie Christmas Bird Count

    This past Saturday (December 18th), I participated in the Grande Prairie Christmas bird count. You can read more about the Christmas Bird Count at this link: https://www.audubon.org/conservation/science/christmas-bird-count I’m rather far north, so only a few dozen hardy species can be found around here during December. These include chickadees, nuthatches, woodpeckers, a variety of finches, Brown…