Birding Nonggang, Guangxi, China
“Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don’t know.” This is how blog posts would ideally start. Unfortunately, they rarely...
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Pressing On
One of the reasons that I usually start each year’s species list with a visit to the wetlands of Lake...
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Trinidad’s Coastal Forest
While the combination of the words “coast” and “forest” may conjure images of tidal mudflats and mangroves or even coconut...
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Watch a penguin’s amazing agility as it feeds on a school of fish
New footage shows a penguin repeatedly diving and twisting through schools of sardines with startling speed and agility. Read More...
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Weather and bird-watching at the Port of Broome
It’s that time of year when we are always watching for build-up clouds in the afternoon that will hopefully eventuate...
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Ending 2021 with the Steller’s Sea Eagle
Steller’s Sea Eagle photos through a scope by Gwenne Oberg. It was perhaps the most important text my Aunt Gwenne...
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Lead ammo stunts Bald Eagle recovery
Despite rising numbers of Bald Eagles, poisoning from eating carcasses contaminated by lead shot has reduced population growth. Read More...
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Castellare di Castellina: Chianti Classico (2019)
Despite being debased and reduced to a mere gastronomic buzzword by American chains of Italian-esque eateries, the offerings of dubious...
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Birding Inirida, Colombia: practicalities, part 3
Technically, we were in the Orinoco River Basin of wider Amazonia. Yet, unlike the black shoe-sucking mud of Amazon further...
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And So It Begins
I can’t resist loving my first week of birding each year. While I can’t convince myself to be excited about...
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