High on the list of a Rockjumper-trip in Cameroon was the Hartlaub’s Duck (Pteronetta hartlaubii). We found four on the morning going to the Sanaga River, Cameroon in April 2017. Probably they were 2 pairs in the area. On the road from Douala to Yaoundé lies the remnant of a lake that has grown to… Continue reading Hartlaub’s Duck near Douala in southern Cameroon
Category: Birds of Cameroon 2017/2018
Tree Pipit: back from Africa
A remembrance of a song, beautiful and both familiar and strange. It took a while until I got the clue. It was a Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis) singing in a woodland in the heath on sunday. Singing now south of Berlin, seen 20 days ago in Cameroon. There the subspecies trivialis was still fairly common… Continue reading Tree Pipit: back from Africa