Surely this is not going to be a very interesting post for many, as the flow of traveling birders...

This post is about Dunlins, as seen in and around Shanghai in the autumn of 2024 – the usual...

In my less than four years of birding and bird photography, I’ve had the privilege of traveling to six...

What is your favorite bird species? I would always say the Black-throated Tit, not just because it is the...

It’s a common birder story–stuck in a city on your way to another city with time to bird but...

There are two indicators of autumn starting in Shanghai. My favorite cat June starts sleeping on my lap again,...

I’m publishing this article later than usual but it’s the subjects themselves that are responsible. Since the 1970s I...

By Alan Contreras Alan L. Contreras is a writer living in Oregon.  A fourth-generation Oregonian born in Tillamook County,...