Author Archives: Dragan

Cover photo: Yellow-legged (left), Caspian Gull (right) – Courtesy of cro-ringing.blogspot.com How to count tens of thousands of birds that are…

Following some bird call, I walk across the hanging deck bridge. Little by little, that woodpecker-like voice takes me ever…

“The estuary and the delta of the River Kalamas form the most important wetland of northwest Greece”, so the “Birding…

The other day I was exploring a new area for the first time, birding the national park that I’ve watched…

Winding between the old Olives, the road ahead of me veers into the hills of the Pelion Peninsula, near the…

Entering some old data at eBird, I found myself puzzled with one record. I was canoeing the Danube backwaters inside…

What are the best countries for a passionate birder to move to? And why? I discovered this map a while…

Twenty years ago, flocks consisting of a thousand European Turtle Doves were a common sight in Serbia. Ten years ago,…

July morning in the Balkans, early enough to create an illusion of a cool morning, umm, almost. Wheat fields around…

India, February 2013 I am camping in the dry-deciduous jungle in eastern Maharashtra, near the geographic heart of India. It…