[adinserter block=”1″] Of course, there are things that we hate about birding, as per Kai Pflug’s blog of August 15, 2024. But, I think there are so many pluses. Otherwise, why would we be getting up early, baking in the sun or shivering in the cold, to get that one special bird? 1. Spending time […]
[adinserter block=”1″] What is your favorite bird species? Rockrunner, a Namibian near endemic What is your name, and where do you live? Nick Buys. living in Windhoek, Namibia What are the main regions or locations you cover as a bird guide? I mainly guide in Namibia, Botswana, Zambia and South Africa but also East […]
[adinserter block=”1″] Cape Town or Kaapstad: I have a love-hate relationship with the town. Maybe that’s too strong, but I am not falling for the tourism bureau hype. For instance, I do not think it is a beautiful city. Its surrounding landscape is impressive, but the historical centre has been separated from the sea by […]
[adinserter block=”1″] Selecting my Top Ten Breckland birds should have been easy, but there was one crucial decision to be made. Should my Top Ten be birds that birders come to the Brecks to see, or my 10 favourite species? In the end I opted for a combination of the two. Great Bustards were lost […]
[adinserter block=”1″] It is a time-honored tradition among Shanghai-based birders to go to some coastal places two or three hours north of the city to unsuccessfully look for Spoon-billed Sandpipers. This quest was difficult enough a few years ago but has since become more frustrating, as ever more areas are blocked off – not to […]
[adinserter block=”1″] Having spent several days on a birding and hiking trip in the Alps, my two buddies and I had two more days remaining. The last segment of our hiking trip (and correspondingly the last post of this mini-series) took us to the Soierngruppe, a relatively free-standing group of mountains forming a circular barrier […]
[adinserter block=”1″] Some years ago I was birding in the hills outside Ranikhet, in Uttarakhand, in the foothills of the Himalayas. We had seen an interesting selection of birds, including Streaked Laughing Thrushes, Grey-winged Blackbirds, Rufous-cheeked Scimitar Babblers and a Scaly-bellied Woodpecker, but nothing unexpected. Then, suddenly, our guide, Gajendra, got excited. He enthusiastically pointed […]
[adinserter block=”1″] I’ve lived all my life in Toronto, Canada. I have been lucky to be able to travel to other places to bird, but Toronto is where my birding adventures began. There is always so much to see in every season. Toronto is located on the north shore of Lake Ontario. The three rivers […]
[adinserter block=”1″] What is your favorite bird species? This is a real hard one, but I would have to say the stunning Pel’s Fishing Owl as this was my Spark bird-it’s the bird that got me into birding. Also, a firm favorite is the prehistoric-looking Shoebill from Uganda. Pel’s Fishing Owl What is your name, […]
[adinserter block=”1″] We have been talking trash a lot lately. There was a post on trash birds and Kai recently really went for the knock-out by trashing our beloved hobby. Time for a friendlier view: why I absolutely adore sparrows. Adore? I love them! What’s so adorable about sparrows, these common, ubiquitous little brown birds? […]
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