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...

Few things can spell out “winter birding” as poetically as the sighting of a rare northern owl that has more or less unexpectedly found its...

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

Germany is currently experiencing something for which the English have no nice expression. We call it a “mouse gradation year”. I was not able...

Stop and stay, don’t move that mouse. I still know my audience – this is primarily a blog read by birders in North America, who...

We are bound to suffer. Yes, winter has done it again: here in Heidelberg, we are subjected to the painful games of Mr. Grey, trapped under...

Whether the inspiration to this post came from Germany winning the U19 European football championship yesterday right on the heels of our (adult) team...

On 22 January 1879, a pair of Egyptian Geese sat quietly on top of Isandlwana Hill and watched closely. Then, they had a plan....