We are about to leave the most luxurious lodge so far, one with pretty good access to the internet.
Here's why you haven't heard from me:
We start birding early and go all day, generally arriving at the lodge about 6:00 in the evening. We have a little time to freshen up before doing the list at 7:00. That takes an hour, which is much longer than usual. (Lots to go thru, and VERY thorough.) Then, dinner at 8:00. By the time that is done, I am exhausted, ready for bed.
We have had a nice trip thus far, with 335 bird species, 78 of them lifers and 95 new for Africa. (Linda has a couple more, which for some reason is typical for Africa.)
Yesterday, we each tallied our 900th African bird species before breakfast. Linda's was a Tree Pipit, a classic Little Brown Job that we had seen in India, but not Africa. Mine was a stunning new sunbird, Tacazza Sunbird. This is the opposite of our usual pattern.
We also saw two new mammals yesterday: Slender Mongoose and Tree Hyrax.
Got to go. Birding is starting.
Here's why you haven't heard from me:
We start birding early and go all day, generally arriving at the lodge about 6:00 in the evening. We have a little time to freshen up before doing the list at 7:00. That takes an hour, which is much longer than usual. (Lots to go thru, and VERY thorough.) Then, dinner at 8:00. By the time that is done, I am exhausted, ready for bed.
We have had a nice trip thus far, with 335 bird species, 78 of them lifers and 95 new for Africa. (Linda has a couple more, which for some reason is typical for Africa.)
Yesterday, we each tallied our 900th African bird species before breakfast. Linda's was a Tree Pipit, a classic Little Brown Job that we had seen in India, but not Africa. Mine was a stunning new sunbird, Tacazza Sunbird. This is the opposite of our usual pattern.
We also saw two new mammals yesterday: Slender Mongoose and Tree Hyrax.
Got to go. Birding is starting.
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