Tag: Great Bustards

Trips

Birding northern Serbia, or a sudden bird tour

May 20, 2021 by Dragan 2 Comments

It was an unexpected bird tour, without too much planning and aimed at a few target species, of which we saw most, but the...

Conservation

The Great Bustard Search is On (2)

March 1, 2018 by Dragan 6 Comments

I woke up at 5 am, a good two hours before the sun (and I really hate to be up before the sun). And...

Conservation

The Great Bustard Search is On (1)

February 15, 2018 by Dragan 2 Comments

I am preparing for the new census of one of the rarest birds of Serbia, the globally threatened Great Bustard, taking place two days...

Birds

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...

Birds

Germany’s Great Bustards and how to see them

August 21, 2016 by Jochen 6 Comments

I am not entirely sure whether most birders outside Germany know or realize that Germany still has a decent population of one of Europe’s...

News

This Week in Bird News: Win (Gunnison Sage Grouse), Lose (Bird Flu), or Draw (European Blackbirds)

November 19, 2014 by Meredith Mann No Comments

Finally some good-ish news for the Gunnison Sage Grouse: The boomers of the Rocky Mountain states have finally been granted “threatened species” protection. Which means hopefully their...