By my reckoning, the chiffchaffs made it back first, arriving at Satori in late March. A bold blackcap explored the barn on 6 April....

Having been a serious birdwatcher since the mid-1980s, it is not often that I see a "lifer" (i.e., a "new" species). But on Thursday, 18...

As I write this on a warm and sunny morning, my mind drifts back to the darker, wetter days of February. I arrived at Satori on Tuesday,...