Author Archives: Dragan

Sandy terrains are at their best during spring migration and this is the off season for such habitats. July is…

And then, two canids appeared in my scope field of view… My plan was that the downpour should finally be…

1. Two more sparrows on the macadam ahead of me… In my early birding days, I would simply assume that…

Birders are utterly suspicious characters. By Greek law enforcement officers, I had already been taken for a spy. But, seen…

It has been a while since I birded a new area for the first time – I sure missed the…

First: Dream about it As a teenager in Yugoslavia, I used to buy National Geographic in secondhand bookshops. Fascinated with…

How much time do you devote to birding? Are you happy with an occasional morning here and there or do…

Even before I turn the engine off, I hear the frog-like song of the Great Reed-Warblers. In a cold morning…

Reaching for bins, watching, reaching for bins, watching… that repetition of the same moves, over and over again, makes this…

It is a cold night in early March and the young moon barely visible through the thick branches of the…