Bird Observer – Gyorgy Szimuly (Szimi)

It’s finally here. Months of preparation but The Ornithologist, a new online magazine portal is ready. I appreciate every share and mention. 🙏🏽

Explore the new PatchBird Nocturnal maps. Records I collected from May 2024 to October 2026 – including visits with no detections. It's an early visual overview, not a scientific analysis. www.patchbird.org/map-visualis... #PatchBird #Birding #ornithology #patchBirdNocturnal #CitizenScience

Two autumns, the same Aberdeen road, and two self-found Yellow-browed Warblers. Sometimes bird migration produces remarkable coincidences. bird-observer.org/a-familiar-u... #BirdObserver #Birding #Rarities #birdwatching #ornithology

PatchBird has a new interactive survey map, making it much easier to find a point and take part. The method couldn’t be simpler: fifteen minutes, every bird you detect, and do it regularly. bird-observer.org/patchbird-is... #PatchBirdSurveys #CitizenScience #BirdConservation #ornithology #birds

Your daily Avian Hybrids story! Past selection by extinct raptors might explain color polymorphism in the Kākāpō avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/p... #ornithology

Years of hearing antpittas without seeing them ended in Colombia with superb views of Chestnut-crowned and Brown-banded Antpittas. bird-observer.org/antpittas-ar... #birds #birding #tropicalbirding #antpittas #colombianbirding #birdsofcolombia #BirdObserver

World Shorebirds Day 2026 looks at recent progress for shorebirds and why continued monitoring of local sites matters beyond a single day or count. www.worldshorebirdsday.org/world-shoreb... #WorldShorebirdsDay #Shorebirds #Waders #ShorebirdConservation #WHSRN

Alpine Swifts first bred in Hungary in 2020. Six years later, numbers are growing and new breeding sites are appearing. A new breeding bird is becoming established. theornithologist.org/alpine-swift... #ornithology #alpineswift #birds #birding #birdinghungary

Visit a local site, record what you find and help us build a record that grows stronger year after year. By taking part, you also join a worldwide community of people who watch, count and care about shorebirds. Sign up and tell us where you’ll be counting → www.worldshorebirdsday.org/get-involved/

The Global Shorebird Counts start tomorrow! From 1–7 September, count shorebirds at your local sites and share your eBird checklists with WorldShorebirdsDay. Big counts, small counts or zero counts — they all matter. www.worldshorebirdsday.org/are-you-read... #shorebirds #birding #birds #waders

An experiment with Common Bulbuls found that condition before moult and diet during feather growth affected different parts of the process. A new Conceptual Note on how birds finance the replacement of their feathers. theornithologist.org/when-can-a-b... #theornithologist #birds #ornithology

My latest Bird Observer post on technology and birding.

We had walked straight past it. A Ruddy Quail-Dove sat barely metres from the trail, hidden in the Colombian forest, until a thermal camera picked it. bird-observer.org/a-different-... #birdobserver #birding #birdwatching #birds #tropicalbirding #birdsofcolombia

A personal exploration of the Andean tapaculos: why they are so elusive, how geography shaped their evolution, and why they continue to fascinate ornithologists and birders alike. bird-observer.org/the-secret-l... #ornithology #birds #birding #neotropicalbirding #tapaculos #colombia

Bird Observer is more than a personal birding diary. It’s a place to reflect on birds, birding, and the endless questions that make ornithology such a fascinating lifelong pursuit. bird-observer.org #ornithology #birds #birding #birdwatching #naturalhistory

One roadside U-turn. One fruiting tree. Nineteen bird species in forty-five minutes. Sometimes the best birding stops aren’t on the map. bird-observer.org/the-tree-of-... #birds #birdwatching #birdobserver #Colombia #birding #eBird

A Sungrebe, Northern Screamer, Capybara and a wetland full of life. A short detour to Laguna Guarinocito became one of the most memorable stops of our Colombian journey. bird-observer.org/the-pulse-of... #BirdObserver #Birds #Birding #Birdwatching #TropicalBirding #Colombia

Celebrating 40 years of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network and thanking the people who have supported World Shorebirds Day. www.worldshorebirdsday.org/celebrating-... #WHSRN #WorldShorebirdsDay #Shorebirds #Waders #ShorebirdConservation #Birds #ornithology

Oystercatcher Day has officially launched as a new international awareness initiative focused on oystercatchers, coastal habitats, and beach-nesting birds. www.worldshorebirdsday.org/oystercatche... #Shorebirds #Waders #Ornithology #ShorebirdConservation #OystercatcherDay

For more than a decade, World Shorebirds Day existed across surveys, local events, social media posts, photographs, and conversations scattered around the world. Now, it has a new home. The new World Shorebirds Day portal is live. www.worldshorebirdsday.org/welcome-to-t... #ornithology #shorebirds

After more than a decade, World Shorebirds Day has a new home. The new portal brings together shorebirds, migration, the Global Shorebird Counts, and a growing international community connected through observation and conservation. Free sign-up now open. worldshorebirdsday.org

Most birding apps optimise for speed and certainty. Firefinch takes another path by using illustration and slower learning to explore how birding tools shape observation itself. theornithologist.org/firefinch-re... #ornithology #birding #birds #TheOrnithologist

A personal reflection on David Attenborough at 100, The Life of Birds, and the signed photograph that helped shape a young birder’s path. bird-observer.org/a-wandering-... #sirdaviattenborough #davidattenborough #naturalhistory #Birdobserver #Ornithology

A personal reflection on David Attenborough at 100, The Life of Birds, and the signed photograph that helped shape a young birder’s path. bird-observer.org/a-wandering-... #sirdaviattenborough #davidattenborough #naturalhistory #Birdobserver #Ornithology

We now understand the drivers of curlew’s decline with precision. Yet across continents, recovery remains slow — or absent. On World Curlew Day, we take a closer look at them. theornithologist.org/world-curlew... #TheOrnithologist #worldcurlewday #shorebirds #waders #curlews #whimbrels

The oldest ringed Curlew in the U.K. - 33 years and 9 months. BBC News - Birdwatchers spot UK's oldest ringed curlew in Fordingbridge - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Not everything resolves with time. Some things simply continue. A reflection on fifty years spent outside — in nature, in observation, and in motion. bird-observer.org/fifty-years-... #birds #birding #ornithology #birdconservation

A 40-year study of the Hermit Thrush reveals how climate change reshapes birds in unexpected ways — through both evolution and phenotypic plasticity. theornithologist.org/evolution-or... #ornithology #birds #birding #TheOrnithologist #evolution #climatechange

A national survey of breeding waders is underway in #Wales, organised by @natreswales.bsky.social. All records of Curlews and Lapwings in potential breeding habitat are valuable, so please do share your knowledge via @cofnod.org.uk. 📷 Cameron Sharp www.birdnotes.wales/blog/welsh-w...

Good writing about birds and conservation deserves space to grow. The Thousand Birder Circle is a small community supporting independent ornithology and the work behind The Ornithologist. If you're curious what it is about visit: theornithologist.org/the-thousand... #birds #birding #ornithology

A Shoebill that never existed — yet looked entirely real. Artificial intelligence is already reshaping ornithology, from acoustic monitoring to synthetic imagery. What happens when realism is no longer proof of presence? theornithologist.org/ai-and-the-f... #ornithology #ai #birds #birding

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How do you plan a birding journey through one of the most diverse countries on Earth? This is the method we used for our Colombia trip. bird-observer.org/how-we-plan-... #birds #ornithology #birding #birdobserver #tropicalbirding

The Thousand Birder Circle is a new way for readers to support thoughtful ornithological writing and the continued development of The Ornithologist. Introducing the Thousand Birder Circle theornithologist.org/introducing-... #birds #birding #TheOrnithologist #ornithology

I’ve launched Bird Observer on Substack. A new space for field notes and reflections on birds, landscapes, and bird conservation. The first post explores what happens when we stop chasing birds and start watching a place instead. open.substack.com/pub/gyorgysz... #birding #birds #ornithology

A life observed through birds: Field Notes, Birding, Ornithology & Ideas Free to sign up. bird-observer.org #birding #birds #ornithology #birdconservation #birdobserver

New research shows that just 11.6% of The Gambia remains highly suitable for Hooded Vultures – and most of it lies within human landscapes. theornithologist.org/where-people... #TheOrnithologist #birds #birding #birdconservation #hoodedvulture #vultureconservation

A personal reflection on the extinction of the Slender-billed Curlew and what the decline of the European Turtle Dove reveals about acting before it is too late. bird-observer.org/the-slender-... #birds #birding #ornithology #BirdObserver #slender-billedcurlew #birdconservation

How wildlife art and illustrations shape memory, education, and the foundations of ornithology — an interview with wildlife artist, Szabolcs Kókay. theornithologist.org/upstream-of-... #ornithology #birds #wildlifeartist #birdart #TheOrnithologist #birding #kokayart

Bird Observer is my personal journal on birds, birding, ornithology, conservation & my bird-related projects, and it’s completely free to read. The portal requires a subscription with the FREE tier for reader management only. bird-observer.org #birds #birding #ornithology #birdwatching

The African Finfoot and a Twenty-One-Year-Old Promise. Two continents, two moments, one ethical lesson in birding. A new reflection on Bird Observer. bird-observer.org/an-african-f... #birdwatching #birds #birdingtrip #birding #TheGambia #birdobserver

A new Conceptual Notes series in The Ornithologist explores the questions and uncertainties that sit just beyond conventional scientific publishing. theornithologist.org/conceptual-n... #TheOrnithologist #Birds #Birding #BirdScience #ornithology

White-throated Dippers are already very territorial and start singing in the streams of Southern Uplands, Scotland. Shot by an iPhone. #birds #birding #whitethroateddipper #scottishbirds #scotland #ornithology

A father–son journey through Morocco at thirty – landscapes, method, missed species, and a long-awaited Cream-coloured Courser. bird-observer.org/notes-from-a... #birds #birding #PatchBird #PatchBirdExplorer #ornithology #AfricanBirds #Morocco #BirdingTrip #birdwatching

CORRECTION! A short conceptual note on naming, migration, and the European Roller’s shifting centre of gravity. theornithologist.org/how-european... #Birding #ornithology #TheOrnithologist

Despite winter is back, birds are already holding territories in the Southern Uplands. Greylag Goose, White-throated Dippers and Northern Lapwings. #birds #birding #Scotland

We hear woodpecker drumming everywhere, but rarely ask what it truly signals. This Conceptual Note looks at what we know — and what we don’t. theornithologist.org/is-woodpecke... #birds #birding #Woodpeckers #TheOrnithologist #ornithology

American Oystercatchers are nesting on Florida rooftops as beaches disappear — an extraordinary but precarious response to coastal development. theornithologist.org/american-oys... #ornithology #TheOrnithologist #Shorebirds #Waders #ShorebirdConservation #Birds #Birding

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Among Hungary’s last mature forests, the elusive White-backed Woodpecker faces mounting threats. This piece explores their fragility, habitat pressures, and why their conservation matters more than ever. bird-observer.org/the-vulnerab... #birding #birds #ornithology #woodpeckers