I can still vividly recall encountering my first Little Egret. I was on a family holiday with my parents,...

There is a hotel in the Chinese village of Chaguan, Jiangxi province. I was standing on the rooftop terrace...

By Gabriel Normand Gabriel is a French diplomat and birder who seizes every opportunity to see more birds, whether...

In my previous post on this blog, I shared a personal story about my encounters (or lack thereof) with...

I heard the reed-cloaked Bittern boomIn rolling mists one afternoon,As camouflaged amidst the gloom,He stayed to hunt his prey.Motionless...

Probably most readers of these posts know that birds take baths. They may not know why they do that,...

On a short trip to Germany, I found myself in Offenbach am Main, and of course I just had...

Lili Taylor knows how to look and how to listen. As an actress, she’s been trained to use these...