Archive for the 'Hints' Category

Everyone interested in birds needs at least one field guide to help with the identification of the birds being seen. I have several. Ten, in fact. Six of them are Australian field guides, plus I have one covering the birds of South East Asia, one of the Indian sub-continent and two for the British Isles [...]

Sometimes I get questions from readers about identifying the birds they are seeing. All birders have this problem in varying degrees. Here is a comment posted yesterday about this very issue: I’m still very new to trying to ID birds, and while I pick out the most distinctive features to keep to memory, often my [...]

I have only had a limited experience at birding in an unfamiliar country. In late 2005 and early 2006 I spent four days in Thailand and three weeks in Nepal. A handful of species were easily identified; I recognized them from birds I’d seen here in Australia. Most species were a struggle to identify, despite [...]

Some time ago I write a series of articles called How to be a birder – some hints. This series of 20 articles covered many aspects of being a birder, with hints for the beginner through to more experienced. How to watch birds is an article on another website. It has some very useful information [...]

One of the great and constant delights I have in my interest in birding is to witness the constant movement and activity of birds in our garden. Many of the articles on this blog come directly from observations of birds in the garden. Many of the photos appearing on this blog and in my photo [...]