Category: Updates

Within the past few days I’ve been struck with the realization that I’m *gasp* getting some identifications wrong, some of which are supposed to be routine for me, after aContinue readingWhy Am I Failing All ID Questions?

We had eyes on Lake Nakuru long before we physically presented ourselves there, eyeing it from the journey into the (gorgeous) town of Nakuru, as well as from our loftyContinue readingCare for a Soda…Lake?

I originally intended to do one of these every few days, keeping everyone up to date with a pseudo-realistic walk-through of our safari, but days turned into weeks, and IContinue readingHot Sun, Cool Breeze

We deliberately arrived in Nairobi a couple days before the scheduled commencement of the safari itself, as there was the mutual understanding that once the birding begins, it begins. AllContinue readingPedal to the Metal, Chronicles of Day 1 on Safari

I owe everyone a bit of an explanation. One day I ended up on the other side of the world without warning, checking in at various airports to ultimately end upContinue readingSoul Cleansing and B-Roll Preview of East African Beauty

I remember my first experience with a White-tailed Sabrewing deep in the rainforest that is Main Ridge – a large, confident hummingbird that suddenly materialized out of the deep greensContinue readingTobago’s Magic Hummingbird

Whether we believe in the concept of time or not, it is forced upon us in the form of a great rush and hullabaloo with the eventual restart/rebirth command forContinue readingDoes This Still Work? (Scroll for some unpublished goodness)

For any of you who know me personally, if I’m describing something as the best birding of my life, either I mean the exact opposite or it is exactly that.Continue readingThe Best Birding of my Life, Hands Down

For fear of sounding like a stuck record – actually, who am I kidding? I love the bush and all the creatures that come with it and I’ll never stopContinue readingMy Neighbours Probably Hate Me

Last weekend I paid a visit to a special wetland in south Trinidad, and when I say special I mean personally speaking; not only is it just about twenty minutes’Continue readingAll Smoked Out