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Displaying Great Bustard

September 18, 2016 by Jochen 2 Comments

Birds wanting to make more birds often do crazy stuff, and birders are well accustomed to encountering splendid plumage features, impossible feather structures, crazy...

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Birding Balkans: A Play in Two Acts

September 15, 2016 by Dragan 1 Comment

ACT I SCENE I. Iron Gates (Djerdap) national park, Serbia. Small canyon among wooded hills. Morning. Framed by red Permian sandstone, Eric Hyman is...

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Birding the Pannonian Sea Sands

August 4, 2016 by Dragan No Comments

Sandy terrains are at their best during spring migration and this is the off season for such habitats. July is that boring period after...

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Common Moorhens at Hannover Zoo

July 24, 2016 by Jochen No Comments

The Common Moorhen still is in Germany what its name implies: common. Well, it is rather common and can even be scarce regionally, but...

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Red-necked Grebes in Germany

June 26, 2016 by Jochen 4 Comments

There is no denying the fact that birders are a discriminating bunch. This seems to apply especially to birders in North American since most...

Trips

Flying Lemons Everywhere

June 9, 2016 by Dragan 1 Comment

It has been a while since I birded a new area for the first time – I sure missed the feeling. And now I...

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Biting the bullet or jumping the shark? A potential Baikal Wagtail in Germany

May 1, 2016 by Jochen 5 Comments

I recently saw and photographed what appears to be a Baikal Wagtail (Motacilla alba-or-not baicalensis) in Germany. If I am correct, this would apparently...