Taiwan – Flora and Fauna of Tropical Asia

13 July 2016 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 2 tags

It’s always a pleasure to discover that a new species of bird has moved into one’s garden to start a family. ...

18 June 2016 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 4 tags

Following my dramatic (and heartbreaking) encounter with the Grey treepie (Dendrocitta formosae) three years ago, I kept hoping to find ...

11 November 2015 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 1 tag

With 50 species of snake, many of which are endemic, Taiwan has to be one of the best places to ...

18 February 2015 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 1 tag

“Where could the fish go?” I was quietly wondering after numerous attempts at counting the koi fish in the fish ...

7 September 2014 Ladislav Bodnar 8 Comments 3 tags

It is the second time in less than a year that I am hand-feeding a lost Spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis) ...

24 October 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 1 tag

Every morning at precisely 5:30, a harsh, loud rattling call of a long-tailed shrike (Lanius schach), gives us an untimely ...

13 October 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 3 tags

One of the more unusual fruits one often comes across while travelling through tropical Asia is the dragon fruit (Hylocereus ...

5 October 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 2 tags

When a friend of mine suggested a weekend trip to Chike mountain (赤科山) in southeastern Taiwan’s Hualien county to check ...

30 September 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 2 tags

I came across this spectacular flowering shrub during one of my cycling trips around Taitung in southern Taiwan. Two days ...

26 September 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 1 tag

The common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) is an unmistakable sight and sound throughout much of tropical Asia. Remarkably well adapted ...