Unfortunately, I only saw two owl species during my week or so on Sulawesi – for a comprehensive description of the owls on the island, see this excellent blog post by Christian Artuso. Still, owls are among my favorite birds despite their annoying habitat of being most easily seen at night, and they each have […]
People come to me in the streets regularly, telling me about the great comfort they get from my bad pictures. “Until I read your posts I thought I was the only one” is the comment most often heard. Still, whenever you look at pictures, for example from Faraaz, David, Kai or Clive, you might feel […]
Birding is arguably the most bookish outdoor hobby. We need field guides, ornithological papers and books, checklists, “where to finds” and stories from other birders that feed our dreams and plans. Internet has brought a new dimension (thank you 10000birds reader, for your continued attention to our ramblings) but the sturdy book in one’s hand […]
What is your favorite bird species? It is the Chinese Monal, a beautiful big Chinese endemic, which used to be difficult to see, but is quite easy to capture a good photo nowadays. What is your name, and where do you live? My name is Ye Xuelin and I go by Jeremy Yip. I live […]
Last year, my wife and I visited (in a professional capacity) friends who at that time lived in a high-rise apartment building in Marrakesh. They showed us quite a bit of the city, and I of course was on the lookout for birds. But there isn’t that much to see in urban Marrakesh, and my […]
By John Hague John moved to Leicester in 1993 to start training as a mental health nurse and recently retired after 30-odd years in the NHS to start Shrike Birding Tours. His passion for birds extends into writing and using the power of words and birds to try and engage with people to enjoy the wildlife […]
San Diego County in California is one of the birdiest areas in the United States with 500+ species recorded there. It offers a wide range of habitats from the coast, to the desert, to the mountains. Also, the weather is wonderful year-round (do be aware of the overcast, cooler months of “Gray May” and “June […]
We don’t get to see the Spoon-Billed Sandpiper in Shanghai that often – actually, this is the first time ever I have seen it in my hometown. But this October, three of them spent some time on the Nanhui mudflats, just a few kilometers away from the microforests that are the main photo source for […]
Whitby is a quaint fishing port on the Yorkshire coast. I lived nearby with my family in the early nineties – my youngest son was born a Yorkshireman. According to Bram Stoker, it is in Whitby that Count Dracula landed in England. That’s the beginning of the end of that story, but I was standing […]
My wife and I reached southern Spain’s Costa del Sol region on October 19th, staying until the 4th of November. Spain, coming out of a multi-year drought, had begun receiving promising early season rains. And then, on October 29th, these rains turned torrential, leading to Spain’s worst-ever natural disaster. To date when I’m writing this, […]
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