May 14, 2013
Text and photos by Pompie Burger “...like a foolish person who builds his house on sand. The rain poured down, the river flooded, and the wind […]
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June 12, 2013
Text and photographs Pompie Burger Main photograph: Giant Eagle Owls use their bills to regurgitate indigestable food pellets. Photo ©Pompie Burger Eating, drinking, backbiting, fighting and shouting […]
June 25, 2013
Text and photos by Pompie Burger Main photo: Lilac breasted roller. Photo ©Pompie Burger The piano keys are black and white, but they sound like a million […]
June 25, 2013
Text and photographs by Pompie Burger Main photo: Woodland kingfisher. Photo ©Pompie Burger Music is not a commodity you just buy and sell. It is pure, […]
July 15, 2013
What comes first, the trees or the birds? By Pompie Burger (Main photograph: Wattled crane. Photo ©Pompie Burger) Poems are made by fools like you and […]
July 26, 2013
… where a vegetable patch is a definite no-no Text and photos by Pompie Burger – Main photo: Thick-billed weaver. Imagine staying in a town halfway between […]
August 21, 2013
Text and photos by Pompie Burger – Main photograph: Malachite kingfisher. ©Pompie Burger “I have learned that it is always nicer to explain things when you’re nicely […]
August 30, 2013
Text and Photos by Pompie Burger | Main photograph: Long-toed Lapwing. Photo ©Pompie Burger “Enjoy your stay on the one island in Africa where four countries meet,”…or, […]
September 2, 2013
Text and photographs Pompie Burger – Main photograph: Dune Lark, Calendulauda erythrochlamys “…en die groot en oop grasvlaktes Span dit toe met doringdraad En die olifant […]
September 5, 2013
Text and photos by Pompie Burger I suspect all of us who visit the world of Jonathan Livingstone Seagull will never want to return. Richard Bach […]
October 1, 2013
Text and photos by Pompie Burger You can easily fall into the trap of using over-used adjectives such as incredible, magical, ultimate, uncompromising et cetera for […]
April 10, 2015
THE NEW ISSUE OF TRAVEL NEWS NAMIBIA Travel News Namibia Autumn 2015 is hitting shelves (and the website) soon! Get excited about exploring Namibia with us! […]
August 27, 2019
If this story will not motivate you to start birding you can just as well die and never be able to enjoy life to its fullest. If you are an anti-social animal, birding is for you. If you are a party animal and crowd pleaser you will even like it that much more, entertaining your guest with another wonderful sighting of your first 50 birds (mossies?).