Black-winged Stilts, Little Egrets and more in Slovenia’s only marine lagoon – and the northernmost salt pans in the Mediterranean world.
Continue readingBirding at the Strunjan Landscape Park, Slovenia
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Pied Crow, in Uganda
Western Yellow Wagtail, in Slovenia
Observed where it’s most at home – at the edge of wet marshy areas, looking for bugs.
Continue readingEmbouchure du Var Birding Report #6 – July 2026
Dark-bellied Cinclodes, in Patagonia
A Chimango Caracara and Cinereous Harrier, in a Mid-Flight Tussle
Imperial Cormorant, in Chilean Patagonia
Hooded Crow Gallery Updated
White-Throated Dipper, in Slovenia
Perching, hopping, dipping and diving on the Pišnica River in the Julian Alps. 16 images.
Continue readingAndean Avocet, in Bolivia
White-browed Robin-chat, in Uganda
Common Merganser Gallery Updated
I updated my Common Merganser Gallery today, adding recent images of these elegant ducks from sightings in Poland and Slovenia, for a total of 17 pics in all. These two here, the female above and male below, were snapped in Torun, Poland. The serrated edges on the male’s bill look sharper than the teeth on my portable handsaw.
Continue readingEmbouchure du Var Birding Report #5 – June 2026
A monthly review in 27 photos: Kentish Plovers, Eurasian Moorhen, Black-winged Stilts, a Mute Swan family and more.
Continue readingEmbouchure 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 House Sparrow, With Leucism
Lausanne 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
