Baby Superb Starling, probably only a few days old, from a nest at about chest-level in an [i]Acacia drepanolobium[/i], or Knob-thorn Acacia (the type of acacias with bulbous hollow thorns in which specialized acacia-ants dwell).
The End of Brain Hormone Project Phase 2 April 21st 2008 Well, we managed to squeak by with enough starling specimens to make Brain Hormone Project Phase 2 a success. It was looking grim there for a while - I was worried we wouldn't acquire an adequate number of samples, which would have potentially rendered the samples we had already collected up to this point (all the birds from the first phase) useless. Although, I suppose I shouldn't get too ahead ... read more
Africa » Kenya » Rift Valley Province » Laikipia Founding president and liberation struggle icon Jomo KENYATTA led Kenya from independence until his death in 1978, when President Daniel Toroitich arap MOI took power in a constitutional succession. The country was a de facto one-party state from 196... ... read more
There exist too many experiences to be had in this world - too many places to see and people to meet - for me to stay put. World travel is my passion; it brings me pleasure in ways few things can. And, to me, part of the joy in world travel is sharing the experience with whoever cares to listen . . .
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