Rollers are dazzling birds, famous for their sky-high acrobatics—rolling and tumbling through the air in spectacular breeding flight displays. Found across Europe, Africa, and Asia, much about their full life cycle has remained a mystery, especially their migration routes. That changed this year with “Rory,” a European Roller satellite-tagged by BirdLife South Africa in […]
In Mongolia’s Altai Mountains, Greater Sand-plovers raise their chicks in scrubby desert at elevations around 8,000 feet. Finding a family of shorebirds with downy, unfledged chicks in such an arid steppe landscape was a striking surprise. As we approached, the parents reacted instantly. The chicks darted to the roadside and tucked themselves beneath their […]
BirdLife International’s innovative Global Flyways project protects bird habitat through full migration and lifecycle. This approach is a conservation game-changer. Here’s why. Migration is one of the most extraordinary and extreme feats in the natural world, and birds take this to unparalleled levels. These incredible travelers cross multiple borders during their migrations, relying on safe […]