10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2014

There were grumpy old fishermen, fishing through the closed season when the fish enter the backwaters to spawn, but also carrying handguns on their belts and assuming that, being armed and dangerous, they have every right to the area. Hence, I had the be equally grumpy to explain to them that I had an equal right to be there (equal right?

Serbia 247

Serbia Stray Dog Protection Botswana 247

10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2015

Loess bluff with numerous bee-eaters and one Northern Wheatear and, cut into a low grassy ridge, the set of tracks veers right. A lazy raft of Ferruginous Ducks and, overhead, two Common Cuckoos chasing each other. The Danube shallows are waterless. The final site of the day was sewage ponds of the sugar factory by the town of Kovin.

Factory 245

Factory Stray Dog Turtles Serbia 245

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Must be a joke, right? Not that long ago, Costa Rica had one of the highest deforestation rates in the world, rainforests were razed to make way for hot and chiggery cattle pasture, and bot flies probably became more numerous than some bird populations. But how about when the Costa Rica conversation involves a birder? What a horror!

Costa Rica 240

Costa Rica Species Panama Birds 240