I’ve just returned from an unforgettable four days in northwest Ecuador as a guest of Renato Espinoza and Paola Cevallos of Pululahua Hostal. How was the...

Despite being the borough that is home to Williamsburg, where irony goes to die, Park Slope, which obnoxious doesn’t even begin to describe, and,...

In the words of the A-Team’s indomitable leader, Hannibal, I love it when a plan comes together. I also love it when new birders...

Though it may sound like Dick Cheney’s fondest dream – putting fifty-plus fanatics on a boat for eight hours in the Atlantic Ocean in...

Despite its epic species diversity, Ecuador possesses but a pittance of mainland endemics to its name. Sure, the Galapagos Islands own a veritable franchise...

Some readers may have noticed that I haven’t been myself lately, that my blogging output has diminished, to say the least. While the safe...

South African ex-pat Mike Pope is Chair of the Kuwait Ornitholigical Records Committee (KORC), runs the excellent Birding Kuwait website, is a superb photographer...

Fitting in an outing to see some birds has gotten exponentially more difficult now that I am back at work.  Spending time with Desmond...