Desert habitat, while beautiful in its own right, looks amazingly barren upon first glance. The truth is, it is quite barren, at least relatively speaking.
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Author: budgetbirders
India – Siana – Where Ross hits 6,000
Ross Gallardy will be the first to tell you that 6,000 life birds isn’t a real milestone. Six thousand is just another number on the
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India – Jaisalmer – THE Great Indian Bustard
This whole trip to India started because of one particular bird but along the way we had been birding a few locations (here and here) searching for
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India – Tal Chappar
After a long drive, a few snacks for dinner, another night in an adequate but far from clean hotel, and an hour more of driving in the
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India – Harike – Indian Beginnings
As you probably read in my last post, we were birding India with a few friends. The fact that it was the wee hours of
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Headed to India
A few days ago I was talking on the phone with my sister and in the middle of our conversation I mentioned that I needed
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Water, Water, Everywhere – Brazil’s Final Leg
For the final leg of our week-long visit to Brazil, we headed back towards Rio De Janeiro with a stop over at Serra de Canastra National Park, a
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Back From The Grave of Extinction – Brazil – Belo Horizonte, BEGD, & Lapa Grande
Some of the most spectacular scenery I’ve ever witnessed has been within the borders of the country of Brazil. I’m just going to say it
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A Sunrise to Remember – Back to Brazil
With only enough time for a short break from work (9 days to be exact), we decided to skip the Fourth of July festivities back
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Ranomafana – Madagascar – The Last Hurrah
It’s always funny when you picture in your head how a place is going to be and then you show up and it’s vastly different.
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