点评:We visited Gambia for three days in the second half of October 2022. The purpose of our visit was birding and we contacted Musa Jatta from TuracoBirding. From the start he was very responsive and arranged everything (including food and accomodation). When we came to Banjul by ferry, he awaited us at the docks and from then on he and his driver transported us from our accomodation to different birding locations every day. They were allways punctual and on the last day Musa even accompanied us on the ferry back to Barra.
During our short trip to Gambia we visited all the important birding sites near Banjul: Farasuto and Pirang forests, Kartong wetlands, Gunjur, Tujereng woods, Tanji bird reserve and Abuko nature reserve. Despite the fact that the time of our visit was not quite optimal due to the still ongoing rainy season, we saw most of the target species (including white-backed night heron, dwarf bittern, white-fronted plover, green and violet turaco, greyish eagle-owl, african pied hornbill, grey-headed bristlehead, yellow-thorated leaflove, oriole warbler and western bluebill). This was only thanks to Musa. He knew all the microlocations and even imitated the calls/songs of different species to lure them in for a good look. To make long story short, we can not recommend Musa and his company (TuracoBirding) enough!
翻译:我们在2022年10月下旬访问了冈比亚三天。我们访问的目的是观鸟,我们联系了TuracoBirding的Musa Jatta。从一开始他就非常敏感并安排了一切(包括食物和住宿)。当我们乘渡轮来到班珠尔时,他在码头等我们,从那时起,他和他的司机每天将我们从我们的住所运送到不同的观鸟地点。他们总是很准时,在最后一天,穆萨甚至陪我们乘渡轮返回巴拉。
在我们前往冈比亚的短途旅行中,我们参观了班珠尔附近所有重要的观鸟地点:Farasuto 和 Pirang 森林、Kartong 湿地、Gunjur、Tujereng 森林、Tanji 鸟类保护区和 Abuko 自然保护区。尽管由于雨季仍在继续,我们的访问时间并不是很理想,但我们看到了大部分目标物种(包括白背夜鹭、矮卤、白额鸻、绿色和紫色的鹦鹉、灰色雕鸮、非洲花斑犀鸟、灰头刚毛、黄胸叶莺、金莺莺和西部蓝鸟)。这多亏了穆萨。他知道所有的微观位置,甚至模仿不同物种的叫声/歌曲来引诱它们好看。长话短说,我们怎么推荐 Musa 和他的公司 (TuracoBirding) 都不为过!