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Birding Laifengshan, Tengchong, Yunnan, China
Good news for those frightened by the title of my last blog post - we are now back in the safe and boring world of highly descriptive headers. You are welcome. Laifengshan is a...
2 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Trogons, Trinidad and Tobago
It's been a crazy few days here in the tropical paradise of T&T to be honest. Let's just say that there is a single, well-known place where one can comfortably see all three of...
3 days ago - 10,000 Birds
A Slacker's Guide to Bird Photography
Last week I humbly offered up a totally unprofessional, possibly misinformed guide to taking bird photos that aren't completely embarrassing, and that might even make you proud...
4 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Birds Singing for Us
The reasons birds sing is to declare or defend a territory and to attract a mate as part of courtship. They don't sing because they are happy, although some philosopher and...
5 days ago - Ornithology
Locusts and Oriental Pratincoles around Broome
Although we have not had a lot of rain recently there has been enough to turn the dry dusty landscape into a lush green environment. We often think about how deceiving it would...
7 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Pat's Costa Rica Bird List, 2021
2021 is already well underway, are you birding? I hope so because watching a flock of redpolls bound through wintery airs that echo with the calls of crows is nature connection...
8 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Bodegas Navarro Lopez Laguna de la Nava Gran Reserva (2013)
I'm moving house at the end of this month, which provided a good opportunity for me to dig around my modest wine cellar - my basement, that is - for any older bottles of aging...
8 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Birding crème de la crème: Africa - Ngorongoro Crater to Queen Elizabeth II National Park
This is the second post in the Birding crème de la crème series (the first, focused on southern Asia, is here ). This time we travel to Africa, or to narrow it further, to the...
10 days ago - 10,000 Birds
A Slacker's Guide to Bird Photography
It always surprises me when people compliment my photographs. As I have often commented on this site, I started taking photos of birds only to improve the accuracy of my IDs...
11 days ago - 10,000 Birds
Snow Geese in Florida
By their very name, most would assume you can't spot Snow Geese in Florida. The Sunshine State isn't known for its massive snow drifts, nor for the massive flocks of Snow Geese...
11 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...