Bird names say much about human perception, they can also give us insight into the people who invented names for official bird descriptions. Warblers...

Hannah Buschert was first exposed to birds and birding during a required ornithology course at Oregon State University and she quickly caught the birding...

Despite what some outdated sources claim, the list of bird species reported for Costa Rica is much more than 860. Since the 1990s, thanks...

The weather has already improved, and in 23 days the spring will be back. With longer and warmer days, we feel the urge to...

Costa Rica has long been one of the more frequently visited global birding hotspots. Stable, easy to visit, and with lots of accessible habitats,...

Screech-owls don’t actually screech. It’s true and yet that was the name they were given. I suppose that sounds better than “tremulous”, “modulating”, or...

Tennessee Warblers? Costa Rica? Oh yes. If you are headed to Costa Rica for birding from now until March, you will probably see more...

Sulphur crested Cockatoo taken with phone The Bunya Mountains is an attractive destination but also a great birding location. Some 200 kilometres from the...