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Mammals, Trips

The Nemesis Cat Defeated!

December 1, 2015 by Duncan 5 Comments

If I were to describe my long time wildlife nemesis, my ultimate dip of dips, I would reach for a nemesis cat, not a...

Birds

Buller’s Albatrosses

June 24, 2015 by Duncan 6 Comments

It’s winter down here for sure now, and winter in Kaikoura, on the coast of South Island north of Christchurch, means one thing, albatrosses!...

Birds

Village Weavers

June 10, 2015 by Duncan 3 Comments

In many ways the weaver family is for Africa are similar beasts to the pseudowarblers of North America (sometimes called wood-warblers). There are a...

Birds

What is a Palm-thrush?

May 27, 2015 by Duncan 3 Comments

A post I wrote a few weeks ago where I made some disparaging remarks about America’s pseudowarblers (and poetry) generated a certain amount of...

Birds

Heavy-weight aerial combat

May 29, 2014 by Dragan No Comments

The forecast said „rain all day“ and with a mug of coffee in the morning, seeing a bright blue sky through the window I...

Birds

A Broadbill for Christmas

January 22, 2014 by Duncan 1 Comment

The broadbills are always a family* that birders visiting South East Asia want to see, and who could blame them? They usually take up...

Birds

Plain Prinia

January 21, 2012 by Redgannet 3 Comments

The Plain Prinia, Prinia inornata is an abundant, widespread resident of the Indian subcontinent and can be found throughout southeast Asia wherever there is...

Birding