Submitted by Amy Sypher on the 2020 winter session program in Tanzania sponsored by the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology…
Today the Wildlife Conservation students went to the Lark Plains Village area to bird watch. I personally have never been bird watching before and I could not have imagined a more diverse, vibrant, and enriching area to study. The first bird I identified using my binoculars and textbook field guide for East African Birds was the laughing dove. One of the tour guides, Allen taught me how to take photos through my binoculars, this skill comes in handy in the field when you do not have a telephoto lens on a camera and need to capture the moment.