Well, the blog is back just in time for me to post a story… which is annoying as it would be nice to have...

For a community that prides itself on rising early, it’s never been easy for me to roll out of bed earlier than 7. So...

Parrots captivate me more than any other bird family. I am a self-proclaimed psittacophile. For one, they are remarkably diverse with a little over...

Keep your eyes to the skies for hunting falcons! Is it that time already, when a young birder’s fancy turns to, um, non-birds? Indeed,...

It is mid-day of the mid-summer day in the Balkans. And it is hot. My wheels are rolling down the dirt track in the...

I got Sepilok wrong. I’m big enough to admit that. In fact, I suspect a lot of birders do, based on the reading I...

Nickerson Beach is an amazing place to visit when the breeding birds are back. Though it is an active beach at which people fish,...

The solstice serves as a sunny reminder of the mutable nature of our days. Some of us enjoyed our year’s longest stretch of daylight...