The Frosty Caucasus
The Frosty Caucasus A winter photo session with Güldenstädt's Redstart (White-winged Redstart) and Great Rosefinch More than 150 years ago, Gustav Radde, the doyen of ornithology in the Caucasus, faced a mystery. He had just returned from an expedition into the winterly central Caucasus where he succeeded to collect a few specimens of Güldenstädt's Redstarts and Great Rosefinches in [...]
Vulture & Raptor Restaurant
Vulture and Raptor Restaurant photo tours with hide and camouflage tents Dedoplistskaro – a name like a tongue twister and a challenge to pronounce for any international guest. And yet, we know for certain that after your visit to this small rural town in the east of Georgia, you’ll long remember its name due to unforgettable moments of birding. [...]
Classic Armenia | June 2024
No other than Lord Byron, the well-traveled English poet, believed that Armenia ‘must ever be one of the most interesting on the globe’. Although these remarks referred to old history and language of Armenia, also from a birder’s perspective the poet’s enthusiasm can well be comprehended: Armenia, the smallest of the three South Caucasus countries, offers an amazing variety [...]
Classic Georgia | May 2024
Spectacular Georgia, a tiny, sparsely populated and illustrious country into the arms of the Greater and Lesser Caucasus Mountains is a lodge for marvellous wildlife by virtue of its unique and favorable position forged for thousand years right in the hearth of the prominent Caucasus Eco Region. Formed on the eastern brink of the greater Black Sea basin and [...]
The Frosty Caucasus
The Frosty Caucasus A winter photo session with Güldenstädt's Redstart (White-winged Redstart) and Great Rosefinch More than 150 years ago, Gustav Radde, the doyen of ornithology in the Caucasus, faced a mystery. He had just returned from an expedition into the winterly central Caucasus where he succeeded to collect a few specimens of Güldenstädt's Redstarts and Great Rosefinches in [...]
Vulture & Raptor Restaurant
Vulture and Raptor Restaurant photo tours with hide and camouflage tents Dedoplistskaro – a name like a tongue twister and a challenge to pronounce for any international guest. And yet, we know for certain that after your visit to this small rural town in the east of Georgia, you’ll long remember its name due to unforgettable moments of birding. [...]
Classic Armenia | June 2024
No other than Lord Byron, the well-traveled English poet, believed that Armenia ‘must ever be one of the most interesting on the globe’. Although these remarks referred to old history and language of Armenia, also from a birder’s perspective the poet’s enthusiasm can well be comprehended: Armenia, the smallest of the three South Caucasus countries, offers an amazing variety [...]
Classic Georgia | May 2024
Spectacular Georgia, a tiny, sparsely populated and illustrious country into the arms of the Greater and Lesser Caucasus Mountains is a lodge for marvellous wildlife by virtue of its unique and favorable position forged for thousand years right in the hearth of the prominent Caucasus Eco Region. Formed on the eastern brink of the greater Black Sea basin and [...]