“Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no...

I’ve mentioned before that New Zealand is a great place for enjoying petrels. In particular the South Island destination of Kaikoura is world-renowned for...

South Island’s Westland District is perhaps New Zealand’s best kept secret, a staggeringly beautiful stretch of coastline jammed between the Southern Alps and the...

Anyone that has read my posts before knows I love Kaikoura and the amazing people at Albatross Encounter. We recently had a long weekend...

I’m not a big fan of working hard to separate birds. This isn’t just because I’m lazy. That’s part of it, for sure, and...

The period between May and September offer the best potential for an assortment of pelagic species (species which live most of their lives far...

The American Bird Conservancy announced a new study that feral cats prey on the endangered Hawaiian Petrel. At the risk of sounding insensitive, duh. Scientists...

Kaikoura, in New Zealand’s South Island, is arguably the best place in the world to see albatrosses and petrels. Whereas much pelagic birding involves...