Author Archives: Andrew Dressel

It was our last day here, so we just hung out at the hotel and watched the birds and bats. I finally got a real nice picture of that mysterious blue/purple sunbird, and I now believe I have it identified correctly as a Malagasy sunbird (Cinnyris notatus). My best guess for the confusion is thatContinue reading “Last Day in Comoros”

I got out nice and early this morning and had the hotel grounds and its critters mostly to myself for a while, and my first sighting was a pair of common mynas, which I only saw for the first time just yesterday. This one let me get a nice detailed look at it, and thenContinue reading “Just another day in Comoros”

I see my posts have become discombobulated and out of order, but let’s press on. Comoros continues to amaze, and after dinner this evening, Anne and I walked down to the water to sit and watch the fruit bats come home to roost for the night. What a sight! Anyway, new birds for today includeContinue reading “Comoros Day ?”

I’ve got some time at the airport in Lilongwe with good connectivity and power, so let me show you a little more from Malawi in case conditions are not so good when we arrive in Comoros. For a break from all the birds, here’s a vervet monkey from my visit to the Lilongwe Wildlife CentreContinue reading “Comoros Day 1”

Anne and I arrived in the tiny island nation of Comoros in the Indian Ocean this afternoon, and things got off to an interesting start. The jet parked right in front of the shiny new terminal building, we exited out onto the tarmac, we were instructed to hike instead to the old terminal building aContinue reading “Comoros Day 1”

Sorry about skipping another day, but there was a lot going on yesterday, and I never had a good time with both connectivity and power. I did see more great birds, however, and I’ll be able to show them to you eventually. Today, Anne and I are flying to Comoros for the next phase ofContinue reading “Malawi Day 8”

Connectivity continues to be sporadic, partly due to the nature of the trip of Anne’s that I’ve piggybacked onto, but I continue to see new birds, and I’ll get to show them all to you eventually. In the meantime, here’s a pair of little cuties to keep you going, and these are called cut-throats (AmadinaContinue reading “Malawi Day 6”

Sorry about the radio silence. I thought I would have connectivity, but that hasn’t really turned out the be the case. Anyway, I have been seeing a lot of incredible birds, many of which are completely new to me, and here’s one of them a red-billed firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala). That’s all I have the bandwidthContinue reading “Malawi Day 5”

Anne and I arrived safely in Malawi and are now finishing up a wonderful dinner with her colleagues in Lilongwe. I even got to see some birds this afternoon, but I’ve gotta make a quick post because of limited bandwidth. I was thrilled to get another look at the amazing variable sunbird. There were aContinue reading “Malawi 2024 Day 1”

Anne and I will be spending all day in airports and airplanes, but when we finally arrive in Malawi, I look forward to seeing another black-throated wattle-eye. asdf