A monthly review in 27 photos: Kentish Plovers, Eurasian Moorhen, Black-winged Stilts, a Mute Swan family and more.
Continue readingEmbouchure du Var Birding Report #5 – June 2026
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Embouchure du Var, Nice – Birding Notebook #4, May 2026
Where the Var River meets the Mediterranean. This month: Whimbrels, Squacco Herons, Stilts and more.
Continue readingEastern Warbling Vireo, in Ohio
A leisurely stare-off in a Cleveland suburban park.
Continue readingA House Sparrow, With Leucism
Or is it albinism?
Continue readingLausanne Birding: 90 Minutes at Ouchy Port
Red-crested Pochards, Great Crested Grebes, a pair of Eurasian Coots, Carrion Crows, a Greater Cormorant, Yellow legged Gulls and a Mute Swan on the Lake Geneva shore line.
Continue readingMiejski Park, Torun – Early Spring Birding Report
Park Miejski in the central Polish city of Toruń has two claims to fame: it is one of the oldest public city parks in Poland and was, prior to the First World War, the largest recreational area in West Prussia. It now has a third: the sight where I spotted my first Mandarin Duck.
Continue readingEurasian Blackcap, Nice
This is a recent snap of a male Eurasian Blackcap that I added to my small (but growing!) Eurasian Blackcap gallery today. We crossed paths at the Jardin Alsace Lorraine Park during a midday break one month ago. In this shot I really like how his colors are nearly identical to the branches he’s resting… Continue reading
Tacen Sava River Loop – Ljubljana Birding
My favorite birding loop in Ljubljana. For now.
Continue readingWillets, in North Carolina
A 22 image gallery.
Continue readingYellowish Flycatcher, in Costa Rica
A beautiful passerine that boldly lives up to its name.
Continue readingParc Naturel Departemental de Vaugrenier – Birding Notebook
Vaugrenier Departmental Natural Park visit reports #2, #3 and #4.
Continue readingYellow-billed Chough, in the Julian Alps
A gallery and introduction to this common and beloved Alpine corvid.
Continue readingMy 25 Best Bird Photos of 2025
My favorite bird photographs from the past year, captured in France, Portugal, Italy and Slovenia.
Continue readingHooded Crow, in Slovenia
I recently returned from a week in Slovenia where Hooded Crow were by far the most visible early winter avian residents – the perfect opportunity to kick off the site’s Corvus cornix gallery.
Continue readingBlack-tailed Godwit, in Portugal
Godwit is from the Old English for ‘good creature’; its Latin name, Limosa limosa, means ‘muddy, muddy’. Both work for this sensational creature.
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