Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. In the cold north of November Niagara, needing to spend the day indoors coincided nicely...

I live in the Central Valley, the most populated part of Costa Rica. For most of its history, this intermontane valley was a melange...

Back in March, back when the world realized that a pandemic was happening and that it was spreading with tenacious unconscious determination, Costa Rica...

If the birding world had an official holiday, it would have to be Global Big Day (GBD). No other date captures the attention of...

On the northern birding calendar, October is a time for sparrows, cool weather, and tired fall leaves.  It’s when Orange-crowned Warblers share the Goldenrod with...

For the first 30 something years of my life, fall migration was when the warblers “sipped”, “chipped” and “seeped” in the tired, late summer...

Every place has its hawk. At least it seems that way. A generalist raptor that can keep on living in a human dominated landscape....

Most birders know what a nemesis bird is and, most of all, what that truly means. It happens to every birder and it may...