Expedition zum Mount Kupé Bushshrike – Equipment & Logistik

Bei einer Expedition zu dem  – im englischen als Serle’s Bushshrike oder Mount Kupe Bushshrike bezeichneten – Halsbandwürger (Telophorus kupeensis)  war ich in den Bakossi Mountains sehr erfolgreich gewesen. Nach einem erfolglosen ersten Tag hatte ich zusammen mit den unverzichtbaren Guides am Ende des 2. Tages dann insgesamt 7 Individuen des Halsbandwürgers  „encountered“; davon 4… Continue reading Expedition zum Mount Kupé Bushshrike – Equipment & Logistik

Mount Kupé Bushshrike – some aspects on equipment & logistics

I had been very successful in the Bakossi Mountains with the Mount Kupe Bushshrike (Telophorus kupeensis) – also known as Serle’s Bushshrike. After an unsuccessful first day on an expedition in these Afrotropic mountains, my indispensable guides and me encountered a total of 7 individuals of the Mount Kupe Bushshrike until the end of the… Continue reading Mount Kupé Bushshrike – some aspects on equipment & logistics

Cameroon Olive-Greenbul (Phyllastrephus poensis) near Bamenda in the Cameroon Highlands

A dark olive-brown bird moves between twigs and branches. The trees are on the slope above the crater lake are not so high. This allows for very nice pictures of birds, which would otherwise be rather up in the canopy – largely invisible from the ground. This time, the brown bird with the striking beak… Continue reading Cameroon Olive-Greenbul (Phyllastrephus poensis) near Bamenda in the Cameroon Highlands

Grey-necked Picathartes in Campo-Ma’an National Park/ Cameroon

Now the afternoon was for the Grey-necked Picathartes or Grey-necked Rockfowl (Picathartes oreas). We expected an arduous trip of hiking for hours through tropical heat in the National Park. Some people say, that the bird only appears after rain storms. If this would be true, we would be unlucky, as on our first day in… Continue reading Grey-necked Picathartes in Campo-Ma’an National Park/ Cameroon