Backcountry Birding

  • East of Bali – or, Calamity in Komodo

    East of Bali – or, Calamity in Komodo

    I am writing blogs again! I have been back in the states for about 9 months now, but I am going to try and finish journaling my Watson in blog posts. This post covers the days of July 15-16, 2023, when I visited Komodo Island in Indonesia. I sat down heavily in the shade of Read more

  • Back from the Brink: Bali Myna

    Back from the Brink: Bali Myna

    Mid-July, Bali Barat National Park, Indonesia. In 2002, experts guessed there were probably 6 Bali Mynas left in the wild. Now how could I be looking at a wild Bali Myna after only a few minutes of waiting at the Bali Barat National Park visitor’s center? The reason for both lies in the phenomenal popularity Read more

  • First days in Asia: Denpasar, Bali

    First days in Asia: Denpasar, Bali

    As I set foot outside the airport doors I was hit with a wall of hot, humid night air and the clamor of 300 taxi drivers suggesting I hire them (or asking if I was the tourist who had already hired them).  I had just finished 48 hours of flying and layovers, starting from Buenos Read more

  • Western Paraguay: Chaco

    Western Paraguay: Chaco

    Early June 2023, Filadelfia, Chaco Province, Paraguay. After I bade farewell to Mbaracayú, I headed west. The country of Paraguay can be divided into two essential bio regions: the *former* Atlantic Forest in the east and the Chaco in the west. This very basic false-color elevation map of Paraguay that I made before leaving shows Read more

  • The White-winged Nightjar of Aguara Ñu

    The White-winged Nightjar of Aguara Ñu

    The sun hung low in the evening sky, casting a golden haze across the savanna of waist-high grass and short palms. A White-tailed Hawk swooped up to one of the few trees and shouted its existence through the shallow valley. Sixto gestured towards a small patch of bare, reddish earth. “It’s time to begin” he Read more

  • Field Station Life: Reserva Mbaracayú

    Field Station Life: Reserva Mbaracayú

    May 2nd-31st, 2023, Canindeyu, Paraguay. I spent the month of May working as a volunteer at Reserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú, Paraguay’s largest forest reserve, which lies in the eastern half of the country, up near the border with Brazil. It mostly consists of lowland Atlantic Forest and Parana Forest, with a small area of Read more

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