Africa

Presuming that you want to bird Costa Rica, you would book a southbound flight (from N. America) or westbound (from…

I had no intention of making a questionnaire or analysing the results. I was just curious what the US birders…

Forget the old news, Rwanda of today is one of Africa’s safest, cleanest and most stable countries. Slightly larger than…

Summer is normally the vacation season, for ordinary tourists at least. Birders follow different patterns of bird migration and their…

The beginning of the northern summer is a good time (as any) to dream of some of the most biodiverse…

Starting in the mid-1990s, there was a “where to watch birds in…” series of five site guides written by Nigel…

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

The Sanetti Plateau in Ethiopia is a one of Africa’s greatest birding locations. High above the great Rift Valley, endless…

By the time this post publishes, I’ll be on an airplane heading back to the United States following a truly…

Late last month, while searching for bears, woodpeckers and spirits of Greece, I deliberately avoided checking any news, especially from…