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...

Instead of waiting for the spring to come to me, I prefer to travel south to greet it. (One may also read this as...

Early September morning. The sun rises over the village of Chrysochorafa, by Kerkini Lake in the north of Greece, not far from the triple...

Our bird guide, Georgos Spiridakis, is driving slowly along this dirt track, checking the mud all the time. And then he stops and leaves...

Half past six, barely one degree Celsius, but the snow is melting fast. East, down the Danube we go, to the Labudovo Okno Ramsar...

We tried yesterday to visit the Nekromanteio of Afyra, the very entrance of ancient Greek’s Hades, but the world of the dead was locked...

The American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) is a huge bird!  With an 8 to 9 1/2 foot wingspan and weighing in at up to...