Field Notes
Dispatches from the field.
Occasional writing on where we're going, what we're seeing, and why we chose it. No schedule to hit — when a season closes and I have something worth saying about it, it lands here.
The archive
A Little About Our Philosophy
The name of the company is a clue. An ecotone is the transition between two habitats — the reedbed edge, the tide line, the treeline. Life gathers at the edges. So do we.
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Where to See a Shoebill
Africa's strangest bird stands a metre and a half tall and holds still longer than you can. A short field guide to the two places in Uganda where we look for Shoebill — and how a dugout canoe fits into it.
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Gorilla Trekking for Birders — How It Works
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is the best birding site in Africa and the home of the mountain gorilla. Here is how a permitted hour with a gorilla family actually works, what it asks of you, and why it belongs in the middle of a birding trip rather than bolted onto the end.
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Welcome to Ecotone Journeys
A short note on why we're here, what a small-group birding journey with us actually feels like on the ground, and how these Field Notes will unfold in the seasons ahead.
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