In this new series, we aim to answer questions that ornithologists and birders tend to get asked. If you have a question you would...

I find it interesting that a functional structure, like a lighthouse, has such a siren call that many people flock to it. Whether you...

What is your favorite bird species? This a question I’m frequently asked as a bird guide, and although I always find it difficult to...

While Cat Tien has the Black-and-red Broadbill (and some others that I did not see), Di Linh has two other species of broadbill –...

Which bird species do you think is the biggest attraction to visitors to your lodge (please name only one species)? Ratchet-tailed Treepie (in Kaeng...

Living on Gibraltar, I am, at 36oN, just north of the Sahara Desert. I often wonder what the bird distribution would be like here...

Still in California! And yet ANOTHER couple of days that I can dedicate for chasing birds around the Golden State. And if you recall...

By Dominic Mitchell Dominic Mitchell’s earliest birding memory is of seeing an Atlantic Puffin off the Bass Rock, in Scotland’s Firth of Forth, in...