“The only mammal present is the harmless Polynesian rat, Rattus exulans” Gordon Williams, 1962 “the Pacific rat was the only factor in the extinction...

Ten years down the digiscoping road and pretty much everyone (here) has tried taking a photo through a telescope or binocular.  And I am...

Even professional birders need a break, right? Whilst most people correctly point out that making a living from one’s hobby is the dream job,...

We are in the thick of the Christmas season now, which means that birders of every denomination can celebrate a festive Christmas Bird Count....

Like a big wingshot bird, the proposal by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission to open season on sandhill cranes keeps flopping around in my...

While birding the east slope of the Andes in Ecuador one bird that was relatively common was the Inca Jay, a bird that was...

The last month has been rather hectic. We have just completed the MYSMA (Monitoring Yellow Sea migrants in Australia) summer counts on 80 Mile...

Time to face facts… if  you haven’t bought holiday gifts yet for the birders in you life, you are out of luck. There’s simply...