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Author Archives: Joan E. Strassmann
Birding the Western Ghats in Southwest India
The Western Ghats! A hottest hot diversity site recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and known also poetically as Sahyadri. The trick is how to penetrate this land of elephants and tigers, past the pot-holed roads and shrines. … Continue reading
Birding as a world citizen: ten tips
My favorite way to bird is related to the slow food movement: stay local, stay focused, and stay appreciative. So how can I keep to my principles when I bird in places as far away as the Western Ghats in … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Environment, India
Tagged birding, Environment, international citizen, Nature
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Fourteen secrets of a Portuguese bird guide
There are many reasons to bird Portugal. We were lucky to have Bernardo Barreto as our guide. As always with birds, we learned more about life than just about birds. Look under every bridge, into every thicket, and at every … Continue reading
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Mexican-Ecuadoran secrets of the tufted jay, Cyanocorax dickeyi
Don’t you wonder why birds are where they are? Have you been on one of those guided birding trips where you hop in and out of the van spending ten minutes here, or five minutes there, to see the most … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Jays, Mexico
Tagged anthropology, archaeology, birding, caged bird, Ecuador, feather, jay, Mexico, phylogeny
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Scissor-tailed flycatchers at Mount Doom in Missouri
Scissor-tailed flycatchers (Tyrannus forficatus) are highly uncommon in Missouri, but there is a pair nesting right by Mount Doom and yesterday we saw them flying in the distance, against the rocky nuclear waste site. The bird guides do not put … Continue reading
