Thursday, 14 March 2013

Common birds: Red-billed Quelea, commonest bird in the world?

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1000s of quelea at a dam on Manyara Ranch I've been struggling to think of the next common bird to do something interesting with, un...
Thursday, 31 January 2013

Common Birds: the case of the Baglafecht Weaver and missing forests

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Male Baglafecht Weaver, Mt Kilimanjaro  If you live on or near an East African mountain, you're very likely to have Baglafecht Weav...
Wednesday, 23 January 2013

Common birds: Ring-necked Dove

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Ring-necked Dove (Cape Turtle Dove) in Tarangire, photo from here Two more challenges have been set since the last one, and I'm hop...
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Sunday, 6 January 2013

Common Bulbul and frugivorous birds

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Common Bulbul nesting in Arusha Thanks to doubtful comments from a colleague, next up in the common bird series is going to be the Commo...
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Friday, 7 December 2012

Common birds (1)

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Speckled Mousebird, Arusha. Cute, and really quite interesting... OK, I've been away from here for too long (sorry!), but to encoura...
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Thursday, 1 November 2012

Ground Pangolins and Convergent Evolution

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--> On a recent safari I was fortunate to get my first ever sighting of a Ground Pangolin. This animal is quite fascinating. 1...
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Sunday, 2 September 2012

Cycads and more botanical revolutions I've missed...

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Lake Natron Cycad, near Loliondo. Cycads look rather palm-like, but are not true flowing plants at all. Back in April I headed to Lolio...