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About Dragan

Now 50, Dragan Simic took to birding rather late – barely more than half a lifetime ago, after successfully testing his inadequate skills in other life threatening activities, such as rock climbing. In the end, it was birding that has taken him from his native Serbia to the four corners of the Old World: England and Spain, southern Africa and India. Birder by passion and environmentalist by education, he is a field researcher and a bird guide, an ecotourism consultant, a bird blogger and a guy who always think that birding must be better behind that next curve of the road, and that the best bird ever is the – next lifer. His 10,000 Birds blog posts were Highly Commended in International Category of the 2015 BBC Wildlife Blogger Awards.

Do you count gulls? But how?!?

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

Saint Michael’s Summer

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

Only for Dogs and Birders – Kalamas Delta, Greece

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

Prespa Lakes National Park, Greece: the largest Dalmatian Pelican colony in the world

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

Birding Greece: Black and white world

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

The Four Goshawks

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

15 expat-friendly countries for a birder to move to

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

The slaughter tourism trade in Serbia

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

Birding with the Pale Rider Close Behind

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

Rarer than Tigers: the Indian Wild Dog

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

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