Those of you that don’t avoid this site on Wednesdays to avoid my posts may have noticed that I didn’t post last week. This...

It’s winter down here for sure now, and winter in Kaikoura, on the coast of South Island north of Christchurch, means one thing, albatrosses!...

Danum Valley is the finest birding location I have ever been to. … I typed the above sentence and then dared myself to defend...

In many ways the weaver family is for Africa are similar beasts to the pseudowarblers of North America (sometimes called wood-warblers). There are a...

I’ve never been one to be overly concerned about whether a bird “counts”. People, and organisations, have complex and elaborate rules about whether a...

A post I wrote a few weeks ago where I made some disparaging remarks about America’s pseudowarblers (and poetry) generated a certain amount of...

I’ve mentioned before that New Zealand is a great place for enjoying petrels. In particular the South Island destination of Kaikoura is world-renowned for...

It can’t have escaped your notice lately that the blog has been overrun with articles about North America’s pseudo-warblers (or wood warblers, as some...