nartreb
Speak softly and carry a long lens
I was in Madagascar for two weeks. Due to limited Internet, I've still not uploaded all my photos from South Africa, so there will be more updates to the previous thread coming soon.
For Madagascar, though, I can be brief, and there's no photos to upload. In terms of bird life, the island of Nosy Be, where I was, is practically sterile. Even the sea is barren. I saw several tropicbirds (white-tailed), but not a single gull, pelican, cormorant, petrel, albatross, gannet, auk, etc etc., despite being on the water all day most days. There was one sandpiper on an abandoned island.
On shore, I saw a few common mynahs, some sunbirds, a pair of large hawks, some quick things that might have been cuckoo-hawks, several swallows, and something unidentified that grabbed a lizard from a tree, plus one or two pigeons. That's the total for two weeks: about thirty individuals counting the tropicbirds but not counting domestic chickens, geese, and ducks.
For Madagascar, though, I can be brief, and there's no photos to upload. In terms of bird life, the island of Nosy Be, where I was, is practically sterile. Even the sea is barren. I saw several tropicbirds (white-tailed), but not a single gull, pelican, cormorant, petrel, albatross, gannet, auk, etc etc., despite being on the water all day most days. There was one sandpiper on an abandoned island.
On shore, I saw a few common mynahs, some sunbirds, a pair of large hawks, some quick things that might have been cuckoo-hawks, several swallows, and something unidentified that grabbed a lizard from a tree, plus one or two pigeons. That's the total for two weeks: about thirty individuals counting the tropicbirds but not counting domestic chickens, geese, and ducks.
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