Featured Bird Blogger of the Week

Howdee all, Here we are again…Are you ready for week six of Featured Bird Blogger? I hope you have been following all of the wonderful Bird bloggers I have introduced […]

What’s your Christmas BIRD?

In the UK we will soon be besieged with Christmas cards. THE bird species which will be more in evidence than any other will be the European Robin. Not the Robin of North America (Turdus migratorius), but a much […]

Snow Buntings in a suit

Tirol is a pretty much a winter wonderland – great big pointy Alps, covered in fluffy white snow. Picture book, really. And you would think that with all these great […]

Gull-ty Pleasure

UK Winter Wonderland – The weather in the UK has been more reminiscent of Siberia over the past 10 days of so, with thick snow in many parts and near constant […]

Featured Bird Blogger of the Week

Howdee all, Its that time again…Week five of Featured Bird Blogger of the Week. Yippee! This week I would like to introduce you to Dan Huber of Nature Observances. I […]

Worthen’s Sparrow: What is it?

Worthen’s Sparrow (Spizella wortheni) has been a creature of mystery ever since its discovery.  It was first found in the southwestern United States, near Silver City, New Mexico, in June […]

Mayan Mexico – A Taste of the Tropics

While Mexico is riddled with centers of endemism — its pines, oaks and deserts offering a distinctive Middle American flavor — the Mayan south is instead a Neotropical paradise. This […]

wild Scarlet Macaw personalities

Scarlet Macaws are really impressive – big, beautiful and raucous. And for three years my life revolved around them. Tough luck, hey? And there was not a moment in which […]

The Fifty Best Birds in Asia: Part 3

The list goes on! The list continues and as I put it together I realize perhaps fifty isn’t enough!  It’s very hard to choose and I probably should apologize for […]

Tapajos Hermit Recognized by SACC

A quorum in the South American Classification Committee has been reached on the proposal to consider the Tapajos Hermit, Phaethornis aethopyga, as a valid species, separate from the Little Hermit. […]

Satellite Tracking of Sooty Shearwaters

Satellite technologies, similar to those used by cell phone companies, are enabling scientists to track the Sooty Shearwater seabird species. The data helps to identify critical at-sea habitats for marine […]

Featured Bird Blogger of the Week

Howdee all, Week 4 of Featured Bird Blogger of the Week. Hope you have enjoyed the past featured Bird bloggers..Links to all the previous posts here Today I would like […]

Leo Musings . . . .

Time Spent with Leo’s . . . Fair Isle can be a special place to enjoy many migratory birds, but one bird in particular stands out to me as a […]

Eye-ringed Thistletail Schizoeaca palpebralis – Threatened?

Eye-ringed Thistletail of the Satipo road and which Birdlife International presently consider Least Concern, should maybe best be considered threatened, since the restricted area where it occurs, is under threat from quite immediate rural development through agriculture and livestock. Money is being poured into the rural areas through the mining compensations and compensation to the victims of terrorism of the 80s and early 90s. Check out the great pictures of Hadoram Shirihai.