How far can those itchy feet take us? In this section, you can thumb through travel series, trip reports and more from Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa and the Americas. We haven’t been to Antarctica yet, but the day’s not far.
On a rainy Day 6 of Sandy’s birding tour in Costa Rica, he and his fellow birders seek out the Resplendent Quetzal, which the ancient Aztecs venerated as a feathered serpentine deity, Quetzalcoatl. Continue reading Costa Rica Day 6 – Resplendent Quetzal: Part Bird, Part God and Full-Time Economy Driver
Trees full of toucans, and a gobsmacking parade of macaws… the birding bonanza in Costa Rica seems to get better and better with a last-mile burst of lifer luck. And, yet, there’s more to come! Continue reading Costa Rica Day 5 – Toucan Trees and Wild Dreams Coming True
On Day 4 in Costa Rica, Sandy learns his Spanish grammar the hard way, and indulges in a little light experiment with hummingbird photography Continue reading Costa Rica Day 4 – Midnight weightlifting, flashing hummingbirds and misgendering in Spanish
Scarlet Macaws, Great Green Macaws, Shining Honeycreepers, King Vultures — a great big birding feast! What better way to spend Christmas in Boca Tapada, Costa Rica Continue reading Christmas at Boca Tapada – Costa Rica Birding Diary Day 3
From white bats huddled like dumplings under banana leaves and shimmering hummingbirds and gaudy tree frogs, to majestic owls necking in the dark of the forest, it’s just another birding day in Guapiles, Costa Rica. Is crazy! Continue reading Muddy Boots in Guapiles | Costa Rica Birding Diary – Day 2
Exploring the bird life of Costa Rica, Sandy meets many that he assumes are either marital partners or relatives, but is mistaken! Continue reading Costa Rica Birding Diary | Day 1 – Cinchona and Sarapiqui
Now you see it, now you don’t. Whether it is stalking prey or just being scarce, the Desert Cat is an elusive customer that inhabits the magical landscape of Banni Grasslands. Continue reading Kutch Diaries – Spying on the elusive Desert Cat
Ravens, choughs, blackbirds… the stars of the snow-white alpine playground of the Swiss Alps are mostly black. A birding diary from the fabled Jungfrau region Continue reading Birdsong in Grindelwald – Notes from the Bernese Alps
Continuing the Kutch Diaries, with close encounters with three different species of sandgrouse in Banni grasslands Continue reading Kutch Diaries – Going Waku Waku with Sandgrouse in Banni
Tiger or dhole? What floats your boat? Notes from a safari in Kabini while suffering the company of Serious wildlife photographers Continue reading Why so serious? Eavesdropping on dogs and cats at Kabini
On a wintry morning in Kutch, we waited among the dense Salvadora bushes for a glimpse of a rare winter visitor from West Asia – the Grey Hypocolius Continue reading Kutch Diaries – Breakfast with the Grey Hypocolius
Introducing a lovely series of reminiscences from Andy’s travels in Kutch from the winter of 2018. Stay tuned. Continue reading Kutch Diaries: A whiff of the Rann
Sailing to Gudvangen amid the fjords of Norway is a veritable geography lesson. And Douglas Adams wasn’t off the mark in his description of the country Continue reading Gudvangen, where Norse mythology lives
In Jayamangali, the blackbuck roam free and majestic, but human encroachment around the sanctuary is a cause for concern Continue reading Among the blackbuck of Jayamangali
In the Netherlands, flowers are blooming, waterfowl are cackling. The days are growing longer. Spring is here and a new cycle of seasons has begun Continue reading Spring arrives in the Netherlands