Birdwatching is all about timing. Sometimes you get it right, but sometimes you don’t. Last week my companion Andrew...

I first remember being introduced to the field of island biogeography in a dark, empty lecture hall at Oregon...

Most birders refer to some bird species as their nemesis. That is what we call a bird we probably...

In the Pronojiwo area of East Java, there is an unassuming hide at the edge of a village. It...

Sulawesi has two species of hornbills. Both are more or less endemic to Sulawesi (give or take a few...

I’m sitting on the edge of the Doñana wetland in south-west Spain. The sea mists have driven into the...

I visited Vilanculos once with my family, mainly to do the things most people do when visiting this site...

This post was originally published on September 25, 2010. It is republished in our new “From the Archives” series,...