To be honest, I never cared too much for swans. On the one hand, they are very easy to see in Germany, swimming in public parks or teaching pensioners how ...

It is mid-March and I am back in Colorado for meetings. Of course, excellent opportunity to go birding with my friends Brad and Laura. Before the meetings ...

Of all the gulls that occur in Britain, there’s none that is as pelagic as the Kittiwake. It’s a bird that rarely occurs inland, and outside the breeding ...

Most weeks, I use a recent outing to inspire my weekly post. This week, however, we had visitors, and I had a bird-free Monday. (Monday is normally my fun ...

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This post starts like every birding blog post should start – by showcasing some bulbul species. (Yes, I am joking. According to the highly successful ...

Two months ago, I wrote about seeing one of Mexico’s really special endemic birds: the Aztec Thrush. This bird beauty is quite subtle. But it is rare, ...

I spent a weekend in Munich recently to visit my girlfriend and my brother. As South Germany always has different birds on offer to the area ...

With the first three months of the year now gone, it’s time for a review of my birding efforts so far this year. At the time of writing, my British year ...

Endangered. Extinction. Research. Conservation. These are the words that define so much of our conversations about the natural world today. The chapter ...

Birding Shanghai has its own specific annoyances apart from birds not showing up. One is the continuing destruction of much of its environment. Any place ...

Last week I commented that I spent that week teaching at the Presbyterian Southeastern Theological Seminary in the Mexican city of Villahermosa. One of the ...