I completely dislike encountering crossbills. They are terribly frustrating birds. The birds themselves I love dearly, but they are a pain to come across out in...

Yes, that’s right. I’ve got bad news for you, provided you do or have or will live and bird and list in North America....

One of the pleasures of birding through a landscape no man has gone before is that one has frequent encounters with individuals – birds,...

[The Mute Swan, pictured above, is amongst the heaviest birds capable of flight and therefore a fine introduction to this post. Other than that,...

I recently participated in an “English Report Writing” training, sponsored of course by my employer, and this post will function as a test to...

This post is a first for 10,000 Birds. Yes indeed, and hold on to your seats: this post is about a European member of...

Outlook and goals for 2014 Repetitions, repetitions, repetitons. In a funny twist of fate, it seems that 2014 will be much the same as...

Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park, which comprises the twin volcanoes Gede and Pangrango (with gunung meaning “mountain”),  surely must rate as one of the birding highlights...