Migration can be full of astonishing behaviors and spectacles for birdwatchers. One of the most extraordinary migration events takes place in England at the Norfolk RSPB site in Snettisham. Here, tens of thousands of waders and other shorebirds can be found on migration stopovers. That alone is reason to go there, as the mere volume of […]
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 […]