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10,000 Birds
03.02.2025
Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush, Shanghai Auto-Expo Park, Shanghai, China, April 21, 2024 Mountain Bulbul, Huangshan Mountain, Anhui, China, January 27…
For many years now, I have had a scheduled meeting with some old friends. I drive to an area an hour away from me and, invariably, they are there keeping to…
02.02.2025
This post was originally published on December 07, 2019. It is republished in our new “From the Archives” series, by which we want to draw attention to our vast…
Reactions to my Big Year in Rotterdam have been threefold: [1] your target is ambitious but doable, [2] your target is too high, and you will never reach it and…
01.02.2025
This morning I heard my first Cetti’s Warbler of 2025, a welcome sign of the changing year. Cetti’s Warblers do sing during the winter, but only occasionally.
Halmahera is at the Eastern end of the range of Blyth’s Hornbill – this range is quite large and also covers the whole of Papua New Guinea. That makes it a…
31.01.2025
International birding usually requires passing through an airport or two, interrupted by several hours of birdless flying – the worst version of flying possible.
30.01.2025
I’m sure (hoping) that at least one person noticed my missing post this month – I was on a blitz of the Lesser Antilles, leading a group of ten (mostly) grumpy…
Last month we received an inquiry about a strange duck from one of our Florida readers. At first glance, a prime topic for the Ask a Birder series but also an…
29.01.2025
By Itamar Procaccia, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel Itamar Procaccia is a professor at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel…
What is your favorite bird species? I enjoy all the birds really, from a feral pigeon in the train station to the most endangered and restrictive birds in my…
28.01.2025
Which bird species do you think is the biggest attraction to visitors of your lodge (please only name one species)? Painted Buntings in the spring/
With a birding tour of East Java starting in the evening, I decided to fly into Surabaya in East Java one day earlier and to bird on my own on the first day.
27.01.2025
The pages of whatsapp groups and social media are heavily laden by repeated sightings, supported by congratulatory remarks, of isolated rarities. In my area…
New post, new continent! The title is already giving it away, but yes, I have returned to the glorious country of Australia and more specifically – Western…
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo, Bold Park, Perth, Western Australia, August 14, 2024 Rainbow Lorikeet, Bold Park, Perth, Western Australia, July 06…
26.01.2025
A recent post by fellow writer Peter on this blog (Birding Zaagkuildrift Road) made me go back to my notes and photos of my own birding outings there.
This post was originally published on November 26, 2019. It is republished in our new “From the Archives” series, by which we want to draw attention to our vast…
25.01.2025
Mexico’s endangered parrots may be easier to find outside their natural ranges than in them.
I remember my first Roseate Spoonbill. It was dawn at Ft. De Soto Park, near Tampa, FL. We had been camping with family amidst the mangroves and flats…
By English standards, Abberton Reservoir is huge. It covers 1,700 acres (700ha), is crossed by two causeways, supports an Essex Wildlife Trust nature reserve…
24.01.2025
Watching birds can be done from the window of your car, by walking through nature or from the comfort of your home – watching your feeders or just whatever…
We are still looking to add writers who want to share their passion for birds. You can either write a guest post on a topic of your choosing or contribute to…
23.01.2025
On the one hand, owls are a traditional symbol of wisdom – and with their big staring eyes, they indeed look intelligent and thoughtful. On the other hand…
The murmuration of blackbirds stretched out for more than a kilometre. The birds’ joint movement looked like a long ribbon fluttering and twisting in the wind.
22.01.2025
There are so many wonderful places to go birding in California. You have the sea, the mountains, desert habitats, islands, forests – it seems as if there are…
What is your favorite bird species? Any Cuckoo What is your name, and where do you live? Tom Tarrant, living in Dayboro a small town 45 minutes north-west of…
21.01.2025
It is hard not to be sexist when you only see a female Fire-breasted Flowerpecker. eBird rubs it in, talking about the “brilliantly red patch like a bloodstain…
Which bird species do you think is the biggest attraction to visitors of your lodge (please only name one species)? White-bearded Manakin What is the name of…
20.01.2025
The days are getting noticeably longer now. The sun sets after 630pm and the Upper Rock Nature Reserve is looking lush and green, thanks to the autumn rains.
Rufous-bellied Woodpecker, Pujiang Town, Shanghai, January 04, 2025 Eurasian Wryneck, Nanhui, Shanghai, April 08, 2021 Speckled Piculet, Botanical Garden…
19.01.2025
This post was originally published on February 09, 2019. It is republished in our new “From the Archives” series, by which we want to draw attention to our vast…
So, a Big Year in Rotterdam… which birds will we be able to see? As the city has the largest port in the world (in area, in freight volume there are now many…
18.01.2025
Birdwatching is all about timing. Sometimes you get it right, but sometimes you don’t. Last week my companion Andrew and I set off for the Suffolk coast in the…
In Germany, the last wild living Ural Owl was shot in 1926, though there has been a reintroduction program in Bavaria that started in the 2000s.
17.01.2025
Birds one should have seen but hasn’t are often called nemeses. But what do we call a bird we have seen, but can’t photograph well? How about “photonemeses”.
I first remember being introduced to the field of island biogeography in a dark, empty lecture hall at Oregon State University in an advanced biology course.
As animal numbers plummet, we face difficult conversations with children about what it means to lose a species. The creative team of Tony Piedra and Mackenzie…
16.01.2025
For human beings, watching large flocks of birds migrate is an awe-inspiring spectacle. But, should a bird stay or should it go? Whether they migrate or not…
In the Pronojiwo area of East Java, there is an unassuming hide at the edge of a village. It hosts two species of kingfishers. One is the Blue-eared Kingfisher…