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Three Photos: Endemic Birds of Northern Peru
Long-whiskered Owlet Marvelous Spatuletail Scarlet-banded Barbet Photos by Pablo Romo of Ikamexpeditions. Source
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The Birds That Fertilised the World: Peru’s guano boom, and what it cost the...
By Alfredo Fernandez Alfredo Fernández is a biologist and nature photographer based in Lima, Peru. A National Geographic Explorer since 2017, when his project documented Peru’s threatened lomas, he...
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A day at Neeracherried
A natural reserve near Zurich welcoming to visitors is Bird Life Nature Center Neeracherried. Its two observation huts, equipped with spotting scopes, are freely accessible. From our hide, we saw the...
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Bulgaria in spring is just magical!
By Anton Schultz Anton Schultz is a bird guide at Birding Ecotours. He is based in South Africa and recently completed his honours degree in Zoology at the University of Pretoria, studying Red Larks in...
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Lakshmi’s Owl
This post is republished in our “From the Archives” series, featuring highlights of our vast back catalogue of more than 10,000 birding-related posts published over the last 15 years or so. As we pass...
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Spring on Skomer Island, Wales
Skomer Island is one of Wales’ best birding spots. Situated along the Pembrokeshire Coast, it hosts a large seabird colony that is particularly well-known for its Atlantic Puffins. As this has been a...
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Encounters with globe trotters
While the focus of my recent visit to Portugal was to watch seabirds, there’s a lot more to see there than shearwaters and petrels. The Algarve has a number of impressive estuaries that attract great...
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Birding and Depression: Comments from China
A recent post on Birding and Depression received quite a few comments from readers in mainland China. Here is a translation of some of them. As someone suffering from depression, I can understand how...
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Species Spotlight: Mourning Dove
If President Trump were ever to comment on the Mourning Dove, he’d probably explain that not many people know there’s a u in “mourning.” Audubon remarks that “The mournful cooing of the Mourning Dove...
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Six Birds Up for a Renaming
With the United States apparently entering a period of renewed interest in putting its name on things, some birds may also end up getting US citizenship. Here are six promising candidates. The Mexican...
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Demotivational Posters for Birds (L)
Bird Motivation Solutions: “Unlocking avian potential since 2025.” Mission statement: Our mission is to empower birds through positive reinforcement, visual communication, and carefully selected...
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Fall Colors
First, a disclaimer: If you really want to see beautiful fall foliage, go to New England. Do not come to central Mexico. Some central Mexican trees are partially deciduous, but they tend to lose their...
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The Sharp-Shinned Hawk
The Sharp-Shinned Hawk is the smallest accipiter to pass over raptor watches. Like many other raptors, the majority of these birds breed in the boreal forests. However, many live in the wooded areas of...
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Ask a Bird Photographer: Do birds know when they are being photographed?
The short answer is one that many bird photographers may find rather unsatisfying: probably not. At least, birds almost certainly do not recognize that someone is taking their picture. They have no...
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Review: Apexel TeleCular 20-60X Zoom Lens
The Apexel 20-60X Zoom Lens is a lens that can be attached to almost all modern mobile phones, turning them into telescopes with an included photo function. It comes with or without an additional...
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Bird Guides of the World: Rajendra Gurung, Nepal
What is your favorite bird species? That’s a difficult question, as I love many birds. If I had to choose, it would probably be owls. Their mystery, silent flight, remarkable hunting skills, and...
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Birding Lodges of the World: Broome Bird Observatory
Which bird species do you think is the biggest attraction to visitors of your lodge (please only name one species)? The Asian Dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus). Roebuck Bay provides one of the most...
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Birding and Depression
Every now and then, an article is published on the health benefits of birding — and given that the maintenance of this site depends on a few ads from birding companies, we are always delighted to...
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Barn Owl dawn
Late September and early October is the time of the Red Deer rut here in the Brecks. The largest of Britain’s land mammals, our local population of Reds includes many big stags with impressive...
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Three Photos: Fairy Pitta
Photos taken by Kai Pflug at Nanhui, Shanghai, on Sep 21… Source
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