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The Eagle Huntress–A Film Review

10,000 Birds

Aisholpan Nurgaiv is a graceful, rosy-cheeked 13-year old girl with a magic smile who makes living on the edge of nowhere and forever look like the easiest experience in the world. The Golden Eagle Festival in Olgii (also called Bayan-Ulgii), Mongolia, is full of color and sound. That’s for the hunters, including Aisholpan.

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Biting the bullet or jumping the shark? A potential Baikal Wagtail in Germany

10,000 Birds

Baicalensis inhabits southern Siberia around lake Baikal and ranges into the northern half of Mongolia. 2 – most birders have very limited experience with the variation of alba and how to distinguish this individual variation from taxonomic difference. This has two consequences.

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