Army Birding

Does this mean that the crested larks we saw in Morocco 2013 were actually maghreb larks? I sense a possible armchair tick!

While on a non-birding walk in the Fritham area I was fortunate to add a cuckoo, several redstarts and a honey buzzard to the year list. A nice male pied flycatcher was also on view though I had already ticked one with Bob H in Yarner Wood.

The word "digiscoping" is industry code for "ridiculously overpriced widget".

We should be arriving in July for three years. Apparently there is some work they want me to do but I don't intend to let that hamper my real mission, which is to track down a number of pesky species that managed to evade me on the first go around (turtle dove, grasshopper warbler, dotterel, wood wa...

Bird Studies Canada would like to advise British birders that the invasive nearctic species rubrumcervice hortonus venator (red-necked coffee swiller) may make another attempt this summer to colonize Great Britain. Based on long term monitoring and flight projections it is expected that a pair may a...

Les Stroud a.k.a. Survivorman is the real deal. Travels to remote locations alone, carrying all his camera gear, and then survives off the land. Makes Bear Grylls et al with their camera crews look a bit like poseurs.

Tony

I'm not totally surprised you got a good view. While american bitterns aren't exactly showy, they are a lot easier to see/less skulking than their European cousins. I have had good close views several times in the past year vs a few brief spottings in my UK sojourn.

Anthony