I dipped a bird recently – possibly a lifer. While crossing Gramos Mountain in northern Greece, a Dendrocopos woodpecker flew over the road and...
Waterfowl of North America, Europe, and Asia: An Identification Guide by Sébastien Reeber is an exhaustively comprehensive reference book that is sure to bring...
At the snowy Danube riverbank, we are waiting for geese to come to their roost inside the mostly submerged island. It is a January...
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...
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,...
“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof” Carl Sagan The ABA checklist committee has recently added the Egyptian Goose to the official ABA checklist, based...
The “Blue Goose” is the dark morph of the Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens). Click on photos for full sized images. Color morphs are controlled...
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