Among Chinese birders, Tengchong – and particularly the monastery at the bottom of Laifengshan – is known as one of the best places to see the ...

Several years ago, I was exposed to the lyrical, poetic prose of a Grand Trunk advertisement.  This hammock dealer deftly used imagery to sell the feeling ...

After my previous post on my sighting of a Wallcreeper near Bonn, I guess I shouldn’t write a second post on the same bird. However, I ...

There’s something wonderfully primeval about the Northern Bald Ibis: it has the look of a bird that really ought to be extinct. The fact that it’s not is ...

It’s been a rough year for Michoacán, the state in which I live. The state government has now announced plans for cloud seeding, in the dubious hope of ...

A crest is a “comb or tuft of feathers, fur, or skin on the head of a bird or other animal”. Birds use them for display purposes – they can be either ...

On a high after waking up in Guyana’s wild interior for the first time – with a spectacular morning of birding already under our belts – we resumed our ...

In a strange city on business, with more than just a few hours to spare? You want to do some serious birding? You need a guide! Let’s start with the ...

Counting the Birds I was in my teens when I undertook my first bird-survey: it was field work for the British Trust for Ornithology’s The Atlas of ...

I think we don’t give vultures all the love they deserve. When you consider all the nasty stuff they uncomplainingly dispose of, and what the world might ...

“Did you put up your post today? How many times was it read?” is not what The Reds, Pinks & Purples ask in one of their songs – rather, it is “Did you ...

As I noted in my last post, I recently found out that a Wallcreeper had been discovered already in December just outside Bonn, conveniently a 10 minute bike ...