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Trips

The Kerkini Lake, Greece: Dipped One, Got One

October 27, 2016 by Dragan 4 Comments

I dipped a bird recently – possibly a lifer. While crossing Gramos Mountain in northern Greece, a Dendrocopos woodpecker flew over the road and...

Reviews

Waterfowl of North America, Europe & Asia: An Identification Guide

April 5, 2016 by Donna 4 Comments

Waterfowl of North America, Europe, and Asia: An Identification Guide by Sébastien Reeber is an exhaustively comprehensive reference book that is sure to bring...

Birding

Freeze-birding down the Danube

February 4, 2016 by Dragan 4 Comments

At the snowy Danube riverbank, we are waiting for geese to come to their roost inside the mostly submerged island. It is a January...

Birds

Festive Mystery Goose

December 30, 2015 by Duncan 3 Comments

It’s the time of the year when I have better things to be doing than writing this and undoubtedly most of you have better...

Trips

Prespa Lakes National Park, Greece: the largest Dalmatian Pelican colony in the world

October 1, 2015 by Dragan 3 Comments

The other day I was exploring a new area for the first time, birding the national park that I’ve watched only in BBC documentaries,...

Birds

The little-known effect of the Egyptian Goose on the work load of the Florida Records Committee

August 23, 2015 by Jochen 5 Comments

“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof” Carl Sagan The ABA checklist committee has recently added the Egyptian Goose to the official ABA checklist, based...