As I was wrapping up my Rockjumper tour to Borneo on March 14, I was still pretty much expecting the usual tour guide routine for the coming days of wrapping up post tour paperwork and a quick turnaround to a month of tours in Mexico.  Instead I headed straight into a shelter in place order and quickly saw...

As far I am concerned, working as a professional bird guide is the best job in the world. There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, I see a lot of wildlife and am showing people fantastic birds and wildlife and sharing incredible nature experiences with them along the way. And a nice side benefit is that the...

During the early evening, we parked the minibus in an unassuming pullout and all exited the vehicle. A small copse of native forest, tucked among extensive tea plantations, filled a ravine in front of us. We had come to this spot to look for one of Sri Lanka’s trickiest endemic birds, the Sri Lanka...

[vc_column width="2/3" css=".vc_custom_1590669873629{padding-right: 80px !important;}"]It was staggeringly sudden as tourism across the planet came to a grinding halt in March 2020. And Rockjumper leaders were in the middle of the mayhem. Take a look and see where they were, how they’ve spent their time and...

(Forenote: all bird photos are of species commonly found on Bird Friendly® coffee plantations in certain regions). Experienced birders know the best opportunity for seeing as many birds as possible requires rolling out of bed early in the morning. But waking up to a relentless alarm hours before the sun rises...