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Birding St Lucia, South Africa
St Lucia is a small town on the Southeastern coast of South Africa. It seems to consist mainly of hotels and restaurants, as the local economy depends on visitors to the...
1 day ago - 10,000 Birds
Shape-shifting Birds
There is a “rule,” actually a rule of thumb, that says as distance from the equator increases (like going farther north in the northern hemisphere) the body sizes of...
2 days ago - Ornithology
Black-necked Storks at Myalls Bore near Derby
Whenever we make a trip to Derby we pull over seven kilometres before we get to town at Myalls Bore and the 120 metre long cattle trough. We have seen the cattle trough enough...
3 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Gull for a Godwit in Costa Rica
Godwits and curlews are shorebird royalty. The macaws of the sandpiper clan, these long-billed, long-legged, loud calling birds are large and in charge. Unlike peeps and other...
3 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Outer Range Brewing Company: Pluck Pluck Pluck Rice Lager
The temperature soared to 85 degrees yesterday here in Albany. That's not entirely unheard of around here in May, but it was an unexpected foretaste of summer considering we...
4 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Birding Singapore
Writing this post, I have been in lockdown in my Shanghai compound for 60 days. The only bird-related activity I can think of is looking at bird photos I took in Singapore in...
4 days ago - 10,000 Birds
One Good Turn
(No, this is not a reference to my personal worst birder joke ever, that One good tern deserves another. Although that joke does apply to Faraaz Abdool's latest post .) I...
5 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Birding Inner Mongolia
(Note: this post refers to a trip I took a long time ago, in 2015. Still, after I used modern software to turn the originally black-and-white photos into colored ones, some of...
6 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Bloody Bay Birding
It may seem like an unnecessary alliteration but I'm referring to an actual Bloody Bay - one of Tobago's many picturesque, idyllic bays on its leeward coast. There are of...
6 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Accessibility Matters II: Birdability Q&A
For those plugged into birding social media, it has been hard to miss the non-profit Birdability. The mission of Birdability is to “share the joys of birding with people who...
8 days ago - 10,000 Birds
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Guide to Long Distance Binoculars
Guide to choosing the best high powered long distance binoculars to be used for land based observation. Most high lower bins are usually designed with astronomy in mind...
Best Birding Binocular 2016/2017
During the year many, many binoculars arrive on my desk for testing and review. So at times even I can find it a little overwhelming as to which is best. This every year I...
BirdWatching Binoculars 101
If you are new to birding, choosing your first pair of binoculars can seem a little daunting, but it needn't be. This guide takes you thought where to start and all the...
Birding St Lucia, South Africa
St Lucia is a small town on the Southeastern coast of South Africa. It seems to consist mainly of hotels and restaurants, as the local economy depends on visitors to the...