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A VIOLET TURACO IN SALEMATA, BASSARI COUNTRY.

Salemata is a small town located in the interior of Senegal,in the core of Bassari country.It was my base to visit some of the interesting tribes that populate this area:bassari,fula and bedik.The end of April and beginning of May is the time when many tribal celebrations take place.I was eager to experience a bedik celebration in Etiolo,a small village close to Salemata. Salemata is not a place…

BIRDING AT TOUBACOUTA AND SURROUNDINGS

Toubacouta is a small pleasant town located in the Delta du Saloum.It took my a long time to get there from Saint Louis.I spent one day to reach Touba,by a combination of sept-place and buses.Touba has one of the most impressive mosques i have seen in Western Africa.I spent a night there and next day i continue my trip to Toubacouta. Once there, I found a simple guesthouse, just a few 100 meters…

Toubacouta town:   Yellow-billed kite Senegal thick-knee Laughing dove Senegal parrot Rose-ringed parakeet Western-Grey plantain eater Little bee-eater Abyssinian roller Western red-billed Hornbill Grey woodpecker Common bulbul Scarlet chested sunbird Northern grey-headed sparrow Village weaver Black-rumped waxbill Red-cheeked cordon-bleu Red-billed firefinch Bronze manikin Other animals: Green…

TOUBACOUTA BIRD CHECKLIST.APRIL 2016

Toubacouta town: Yellow-billed kite Senegal thick-knee Laughing dove Senegal parrot Rose-ringed parakeet Western-Grey plantain eater Little bee-eater Abyssinian roller Western red-billed Hornbill Grey woodpecker Common bulbul Scarlet chested sunbird Northern grey-headed sparrow Village weaver Black-rumped waxbill Red-cheeked cordon-bleu Red-billed firefinch Bronze manikin Other animals: Green…

GUEMBEUL NATURE RESERVE, A PRINT FROM THE PAST.

The Gembuel Faune Reserve is one of the best places in the world to spot some of the most threatened mammal species that inhabit the Sahara and the Sahel area: damma oryx, dama gazelle, dorcas gazelle and Addax.These species have been reintroduced in the wild here.The reserve is also a good site for birding, with more than 200 species of birds: flamingoes, black-tailed godwit, European spoonbill,…

A WALK ALONG SAINT LOUIS HARBOUR

I spent the following afternoon  walking along Saint Louis harbour. Grey-headed gulls were very abundant.They were roaming and flying over the garbage left near the coast. This species of gull can be found in South America and part of Africa, south of the Sahara.They are non- migratory birds, although some disperse in short distances out of the breeding season.They usually breed in large colonies…