What is your favorite bird species? I would always say the Black-throated Tit, not just because it is the first bird I identified in...

Hongbenghe, a small village right at the border of China’s Yunnan province and Myanmar, has a number of woodpeckers. And most birders (though not...

As the Purple Swamphen awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, it found himself transformed into a Grey-headed Swamphen. It must indeed have been a...

Good news for those frightened by the title of my last blog post – we are now back in the safe and boring world...

China is not that well-known for its hornbills, but in Yunnan province, on the border to Myanmar, some species can be found. While they...