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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Tag: Budget birding
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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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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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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Madagascar – Amber Mountain – And Chameleons and Geckos Galore!
When visiting Madagascar, it is almost essential to hire a driver and vehicle to get around the island. Although you technically could visit everywhere via
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Mauritius – Indian Ocean Islands – Wait, Are We Back In Hawaii??? (And wanted by the Officials?!?)
Next on our agenda? Mauritius — an island in the Indian Ocean home to some of the rarest species in the world. But getting there
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