On a Big Year, every species counts equally, even the lowly Mallard Last year saw quite a few big year records fall to dedicated...

At the time this post goes live I’ll be wandering around Hong Hong in a bemused state of mind trying to identify not only...

It’s one of the subtle joys of doing Christmas Bird Counts to be assigned the same area over and over again over the years. ...

Two-thousand-twelve was a pretty darn good year for me birding-wise and otherwise. Seeing 525 species was nice, as was the fact that I birded...

One weekend does not dictate the tempo of a year, but it never hurts to get a year off on the right foot. How...

Most readers of this blog will certainly appreciate an out-of-season tropical post at the beginning of January, a post based on what was almost...

I really enjoyed the challenge of listing my birds during the last year and although we have kept lists in the past we have...

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