Tag Archives: Balkans

Never Stop Birding: The Saga of a Bulgarian Mega

Posted on February 4, 2018 by harpyeagle1

Part One: The Discovery A couple days ago I decided to visit the Ethnographic Museum in the Old Town of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It was right around the corner from my hostel, located in a beautiful building, and just generally seemed … Continue reading →

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Football Fanaticism, Cormorant Counting, and Waterfowl Watching in Belgrade

Posted on December 17, 2017 by harpyeagle1

Sport has a lot of interesting traditions. However, few are quite as crazy (bordering on the psychotic), or fanatically violent as what’s known as the Eternal Derby, the soccer match between the two Serbian teams Red Star and Partizan. Essentially, … Continue reading →

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Inadvertent Bare-naked Birding in Bosnia

Posted on December 11, 2017 by harpyeagle1

I spent a part of this week in Central Bosnia, traveling around and seeing some of the historic sites. Since I wasn’t planning on doing any birding and was trying to travel as light as possible, I left my binoculars … Continue reading →

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Northern Albanian Mountains and Marshes

Posted on October 26, 2017 by harpyeagle1

Last week I crossed the border from Montenegro into Albania by bus. I’m in Albania and Kosovo for about a month, and have been doing a little bit of birding while here. This has been a fascinating experience as these … Continue reading →

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An Important Announcement!

Posted on August 24, 2017 by harpyeagle1

Work on this blog has, unfortunately, been temporarily halted with the recent death of my computer. I am still working on getting set up again with photos, but should be able to write again as normal in a couple days. … Continue reading →

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