Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

When other birds are going to sleep, the night herons are just waking up. Here's a immature Yellow-crowned Night-Heron leaving its dayti...

Shorebirds: Relative Size

It helps to know the size of a shorebird in order to ID it. One of the ways to judge size is to look at the shorebird in relation to other b...

Shorebird observations

We have been talking about shorebird size and shape and some of your have been practising making observations on shorebird photos. Regarding...

Size and Shape

Here are some more images to practice size and shape comparisons, both within each bird, and between birds. In making judgements about the s...

And More What Are You Seeing

The birds from yesterday were: - Eurasian Collared-Dove on top - Razonbill on bottom Here's another photo to practice on. Describe what ...

Birding Tip: What Are You Seeing?

We recently took some friends birding who were very interested in birds and wanted to learn more. One of the first things we try to teach pe...

Digiscoping Beginner Tips

For digiscoping, take your spotting scope, here it's our Stokes 15-45 x 65 mm Sandpiper Scope , focus the scope on a still bird, hold yo...