Author Archives: Dragan

Do you ever feel that you do not know your birds anymore? I had that feeling today. Usually I do…

Ah, late summer mornings, fresh, yet warm and sunny, when fields are rich-yellow and the river Danube so tranquil (so…

There should be thousands of birds at this time of the year, Dimitris Michalakis from the Karla Lake management authority…

East Sinai – Bay of Aqaba, Taba Resort Morning Some three dozen migrating Barn Swallows fly above the hotel garden…

I bird, therefore I am. Birding defines me, that much is clear. Yet, for the last month and a half…

Beljarica backwaters cover the 900 ha of wilderness on the eastern bank of the Danube, between the river and the…

Cover photo: Brian Stoneman was a living proof that some good birders do wear white. I do not know how…

Cover photo: Black-headed Bunting by Mark S. Jobling / Wikimedia Commons This year, the first heat of the season came…

I start my day with a coffee, a strong Turkish coffee without sugar – it is the stuff that makes…

Are you stubborn enough to go out on Sunday morning even if it’s raining? Some of us are. In May,…