The Big Tree

Here are a few images from recent trips. The top photo is of myself (left) and Benji Schwartz, another Tropical Birding guide, in front of the Big Tree. That's what it's called. And it's accurate--apparently it is the biggest baobab tree in Africa. It is also a huge pain to get to, being in a remote part of northeastern South Africa in an area with few (and, for the most part, terrible) roads. We drove much too fast over 60km of corrugated dirt road to get there, somehow avoiding any flat tires. We decided to take a different route out and very nearly got lost, but we made it. The tree is a well-known roost for Mottled Spinetails, of which there were over 100 in the area.

If you look closely, I'm standing in front of the tree.

A pair of Brown-headed Parrots in Kruger National Park, taken on another recent trip.