Collaborative list – December 2021
A Happy New Year to you all. December in the UK has been the mildest on record with even Lady...
Read MoreMy Ten Best Birds of 2021
As sad as I am to say it, I must: 2021 was one of my worst years for birding since...
Read MoreWhat Was Your First Bird of 2022?
What was your first bird of the year this year, 2022? Here’s hoping it was something memorable, awesome, exciting, or...
Read MoreBirding Inirida, Colombia, or river dolphins and hoatzins, part 2
Have you ever birded a place so young that birds still have no names? …– part 2 –Once I finish...
Read MoreBirds Worth The Trip
As this holiday week advanced and my Wednesday deadline approached, I was torn between two post themes. One was to...
Read MoreBirding Balangshan, Sichuan, China (part 3)
My last trip to Balangshan was in July 2021 – now I was back, three months later. Yes, I know...
Read MoreRinged Plover in Broome
Although the official paperwork has not been completed with the Rarities Committee it appears that we have the honour of...
Read MoreThe Wintering Wood-Warblers of Costa Rica
Winter birding can be fun, especially when you do it in a place with palms, parrots, and weather for wearing...
Read MoreBirding the Drakensberg, South Africa
Given the strict covid prevention measures here in China, I have not left the country in almost 2 years now....
Read MoreLow-effort Warbling
This time of year the canopies of the Neotropics are alive with countless warblers escaping the cold grip of the...
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