I hereby confess that last week I failed to write a post, although I should do so each week. In my defense, I spent my Thursday morning “deadline” three hours away from my home, in the eastern Michoacán town of Zitácuaro. I was participating as a speaker and guide in the Third Bird Festival of […]
The Birds That Audubon Missed: Discovery and Desire in the American Wilderness is about birds and taxonomy, history and art, the birding god we have revered and torn down, the ornithological originals we’ve ignored or simply don’t know. It’s also about personal journeys, where knowledge comes from and how it is shared, investigating the past […]
May is the month in which spring migration basically comes to an end in Shanghai. The month starts with many birds and ends with very few – but some of those are quite spectacular. So, particularly near the end of May, we have the usual mixture of boredom and excitement that birdwatchers all over the […]
In a recent post, I already covered some impressions of birding in Bonn in spring. But since this is easily the place where I go birding most frequently (if you’re allowed to call a stroll around the block birding!), I noticed that many birds had moved from setting up territories and breeding to feeding chicks, […]
Global BirdFair is an extraordinary sight that, up until 2022, we had only heard tales of. So, Erik and I decided we would have to see it for ourselves. The first time we experienced it, we flew into Leicester and took the short drive over. Then, when we chose to go back in 2023 to […]
Given how far Hokkaido is from Europe, it seems a bit surprising how many bird species wintering on this Japanese island have a name starting with “Eurasian”. Or how many of these species I have also seen in my parents’ garden in Germany. Like the Eurasian Nuthatch. It keeps itself busy in winter – according […]
By Clive Finlayson Growing up in Gibraltar, it is impossible not to notice large birds of prey, in the thousands, overhead. That, and his father’s influence, got Clive hooked on birds from a very young age. His passion for birds took him eventually to the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology at Oxford University where […]
In my younger days I was very keen on what is generally known as Big Day Birding, or trying to see as many species of birds as possible in one day. In 1983 I co-wrote a book about a one-day, 24-hour competitive birdwatch that I took part in. Called The Big Bird Race, it tells […]
The quiet village of Moco-moco in southwest Guyana was the most southerly point of our sojourn into the landlocked country some months ago. Myself and dear friend Leon blitzed across the savanna in the pre-dawn pinks and purples en route to this village as I strained my eyes trying to pick any birds from the […]
Male Japanese Paradise Flycatchers pass through Shanghai in mid-May – they do so in autumn as well, but then without the long tail feathers that are their main attraction for birdwatchers. eBird talks about the “Stunning breeding male … with a short crest, neon-blue eyerings, and long black tail streamers.” There […]
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