If you’re a birder interested in cryptic species and pushing the frontiers of subspecific variation (and let’s be honest, who isn’t, amirite?), there’s no...

I will never tire of banging Kaikoura’s drum as the best place in the world to see albatrosses, and since albatrosses are the among...

My Easter Weekend plans were up in the air until Tuesday evening, which is hardly the best way to do these things seeing as...

Kaikoura, in New Zealand’s South Island, is arguably the best place in the world to see albatrosses and petrels. Whereas much pelagic birding involves...

The giant petrels are aptly named, massive lumbering fulmarine petrels as large as small albatrosses that terrorise the Southern Ocean. There are two species,...

This Sunday I will be off the coast of Kaikoura on South Island for the first time since 2008 checking out the amazing albatrosses...

Ok, so just to prove that you can do birding anywhere and anyhow, check this out. Two of my favorite pastimes are birding and...

I’ve been thinking about petrels a lot since last week’s post, probably because I am planning a trip to the Otago Peninsula soon which...