| Top
countries list ( > 200) |
| Peru |
581 - (plus 13 heard
only) an excellent three week trip in apri/may 2007 |
| Kenya |
564 - in
only one trip in november 2003 |
|
492 - four trips: Arizona,
California (2x), Florida, Texas |
|
475 - two trips: oktober
2001 and dec-feb 2004/2005 |
|
413 - a trip in oktober
and november 2007 |
The Netherlands |
402 - and counting...
nr 400: Eurasian Pygmy Owl! |
| India |
385 - one birding trip
in 2002 |
| The
Philippines |
321 - a trip in march,
april 2006, including 141 endemics |
| Malawi |
288 - september 1998 |
| Thailand |
268 - march 2000 |
| Sri Lanka |
229 - februari, march
2003 |
| Ghana |
220 - januari, februari
1997 |
| My
10 rarest species worldwide |
| Black Stilt (22) |
Two juveniles and 4 adults
seen at Braided Rivers in New Zealand in pooring rain (after searching
in vain at another spot in a snow blizzard!). |
| Orange-bellied Parrot (150) |
Beautiful bird seen at the well known
spot in melaleuca (Tasmania - Australia), at least 6 different birds at
one time, may'be more. |
| Great Philippine Eagle (226) |
One of my life's highlights with a juvenile
on nest, a sitting adult and a flying one at Mt Kitanglad (Philippines,
where else...). |
| Long-billed Apalis (50-250) |
Seen in the Usambara Mtns in Northern
Tanzania. It took us 4 hours before the whole team saw the 2 birds good
enough. |
Taita Apalis (50-250) |
In the Taita Hills in Kenya. One of my
worst sightings on my list, responded to a tape but left as fast as it
came. |
| Whooping Crane (250) |
We saw the reintroduced birds in Florida
including 'wild' young birds. |
| Takahe (259) |
Good news that the reintroduced Takahes
on Tiritiri Matangi (New Zealand), where I saw them, are doing well. |
| New Zealand King Shag (600) |
Rare but relatively easy to find in the
Marlborough Sounds in New Zealand. We saw 3 different birds but didn't
visit the breeding rock. |
White-winged Wood Duck (800) |
Found in Nameri NP in Assam (India).
It took us a whole day this time before the whole team got it! |
| Greater Adjutant (800-1000) |
We found about 40 birds on a single garbage
dump near Guwahati in Assam (India) |
| My
favorite birding locations |
| Dry Tortugas (US) |
Birders heaven on earth,
esspecially during spring migration. Dry Tortugas is a group of 12 island
west of Key West (Florida, US). |
Manu Road (Peru) |
Too many birds, too little time... Feeding
flocks on and off with among them the most colourfull birds in the world.
Plus a good set of identification challanges. Nearing 1000 species of
birds in more or less one area this is birders heaven. |
Kakamega forest (Kenya) |
This beautiful forest is situated in
the far east of Kenya. It is visited by birders because it holds a large
amount of West African specialties. Just brilliant birding. In the three
days the new birds kept coming. |
| Fog Dam (Australia) |
A few km west of Darwin (Australia).
Swampy area teeming with birds. |
Mole National Park (Ghana) |
This national park is in the northern
part of Ghana. We visited it in 1996, in times that few tourists visited
Ghana. Great birding, perfectly situated. |
| Bharatpur NP (India) |
This park near New Delhi in India has
to be in any top 5 birding locations list, but we took a wrong season
to visit it. The park was all dry and we were among the first foreign
visiters to realise that the Siberian Cranes might not return anymore.
Hence the no 6 position. |
