As we lean into the second half of September, we birders should be prepared for anything. The weather and avifauna may resemble that of...
I haven’t yet been birding in Europe but whenever I occasionally skim a field guide about the birds on the other side of the...
In November 2018, I spent a few days birding in Cape Town, South Africa. While apparently not the safest of places, it is a...
We all have them: families of birds that are maddeningly similar, forever leaving nagging doubts about our identifications. Gulls. Terns. New World Warblers in...
Mid-September conjures up visions of migrating shorebirds, songbirds, and waterfowl all joining together under ideal natural lighting for one perfect moment of birding. Sometimes,...
Anybody that has spent some time birding and using field guides will soon realise that the field guides are written for humans. Birds do...
Don’t you hate it when you cannot communicate while birding overseas? Having mobility issues, I still remember birding from a van along a rather...
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