Iciness Birding in Bonn – 10,000 Birds

Iciness Birding in Bonn – 10,000 Birds

As my folks are living in Bonn in Germany, I’ve been birding a couple of instances in some spots surrounding town when visiting them over the previous couple of years, together with the Siegaue (riverine … Read more

The International’s Maximum Gorgeous Goose?

The International’s Maximum Gorgeous Goose?

A primary-winter Crimson-breasted Goose at Cley, North Norfolk As a basic rule, ducks are birds of refined, even boring, plumage. The entire so-called gray ducks – Greylag, Bean, White-front, Lesser White-front, Swan – glance very … Read more

Babble, Ring, Toot and Shout

Babble, Ring, Toot and Shout

Arrow-marked babblers (photograph from Wikimedia Commons) 26 January 2024: Day 8, Hwange Nationwide Park, Zimbabwe — Highway Pupil Southern Africa Birding Safari. Click on right here to look (typically) the place I’m nowadays. Despite the … Read more

The View from my Window

The View from my Window

Closing week, Peter Penning regaled us with stories of death-defying birding exploits. Virtually being bitten by means of a Black Mamba? Geez, dude! However there’s any other excessive to birding, one for which I’ve been … Read more

Hoping to See the Heaviest Flying Fowl

Hoping to See the Heaviest Flying Fowl

Kori bustard closeup (photograph from Wikimedia Commons) 25 January 2024: Day 7, Hwange Nationwide Park, Zimbabwe — Highway Pupil Southern Africa Birding Safari. Click on right here to look (normally) the place I’m lately. On … Read more

Pass Awaaaay!  Pass Awaaaaay!

Pass Awaaaay! Pass Awaaaaay!

Grey go-away fowl (picture from Wikimedia Commons) 23 January 2024: Day 5, Zambezi Nationwide Park — Street Student Southern Africa Birding Safari. Click on right here to peer (normally) the place I’m lately. As of … Read more

Birding Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo

Birding Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo

John Whitehead (1860-1899) used to be a British explorer who annually beginning in 1885 attempted to climb Mount Kinabalu and after all succeeded in 1888, the primary particular person to take action. When no longer … Read more