Before you start a career as a safari guide, you usually picture the big stuff. Elephants in the road, lions stalking through tall grass, real dramatic movie-poster moments. Then you step out into the bush on day one, and someone hands you a pair of binoculars and points at a small, nondescript brown creature sitting on an acacia branch. Welcome to birding! What is birding, really? To the uninitiated, birding looks like a very quiet, slow-moving hobby. In reality, it’s a live

This blog was written by Alex Rivarola , a Bushwise International Field Guide student. Each student takes a turn as camp manager, and...