The vibe of generosity that pervades the holiday season makes us imagine we’ll be showered with gifts everywhere we go. Yet the frenzy of...

Firstly I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas today if you are reading this first thing Sunday morning! Of course if...

Another year is about to come to an end and for us birders who can’t help but keep a year list, it means that...

Out of just under 200 bird species I observed this year in SE Europe, there are 6 threatened species. Some of them were always...

Mid-December is rarely boring for anyone with lots of holiday shopping to do, but birders are as busy this time of year as anyone...

Around this time of year (or much, much earlier) we start hearing those beloved carols everywhere we go. But I don’t need reminding that...

Many of us have finally and perhaps painfully figured out that online communication mostly occurs in an echo chamber. Our presence on the web...

As the long Thanksgiving weekend ends (at least around here) and an excess of conspicuous consumerism ensues, we’ll all do well in the coming...