Well, Kai Pflug has beaten me again. I had spent a couple of weeks vaguely contemplating the need to...

Around this time of the year, the first few waders are back in Shanghai from their breeding grounds far...

As we all know, birding is very much a lottery. Visiting the same place repeatedly delivers a different cast...

Apparently, there is a traditional Chinese saying that seeing one pheasant in the wild is better than seeing ten...

Over the past week I have continued to keep an eye out for the Mistletoebirds that are breeding in...

Careful readers of my recent posts, and surely there must be at least one or two, will note that...

There are a number of podcasts dedicated to birding (e.g., American Birding Podcast and many others), but many general-interest...

According to Wikipedia, the national bird of Australia is the Emu – which I have not seen yet. On...