After a long hiatus that included a new cat, a new apartment, and enough time with the in-laws to last me quite awhile, here’s...

Slaughter Lake does not sound like it would be a nice place to visit but we three Americans, my small family, were blissfully unaware...

In southern Berlin there is a massive old decommissioned airport that has been turned into a park. Tempelhofer Feld, now generally called Tempelhof Park...

We are back from our ten-day family vacation to Berlin and Prague and it was awesome. What’s not to like about cobblestone streets, great...

It took until the last day I was in northeastern Germany to see Eurasian Coots. I was worried I wouldn’t see one at all,...

The Pochard is a diving duck of Eurasia, similar to the North American Redhead and Canvasback. Somehow, despite having visited several good locations like...

You had to know that I wouldn’t be able to resist doing this post for long. Great Tits and Blue Tits are common wherever...

Despite the fact that I have been in Berlin for two full days now I haven’t seen very many species of bird yet. This...