Among Chinese birders, Tengchong – and particularly the monastery at the bottom of Laifengshan – is known as one...

Several years ago, I was exposed to the lyrical, poetic prose of a Grand Trunk advertisement.  This hammock dealer...

After my previous post on my sighting of a Wallcreeper near Bonn, I guess I shouldn’t write a second...

There’s something wonderfully primeval about the Northern Bald Ibis: it has the look of a bird that really ought...

It’s been a rough year for Michoacán, the state in which I live. The state government has now announced...

A crest is a “comb or tuft of feathers, fur, or skin on the head of a bird or...

I think we don’t give vultures all the love they deserve. When you consider all the nasty stuff they...

On a high after waking up in Guyana’s wild interior for the first time – with a spectacular morning...