Paul Lewis moved from California to Mexico 36 years ago. He lived first in Mexicali, and now in the historic city of Morelia–about halfway...

I had no intention of making a questionnaire or analysing the results. I was just curious what the US birders dream about, so I...

One of the quandaries of birding in Costa Rica is deciding where to go birding. Where do you go when there are so many...

Shorebirds (in Europe: waders) must be an acquired birding taste. No one starts birding dreaming of drab-coloured, unobtrusive and, far on a mud-bar, largely...

Louisiana is known for a lot of things. Mardis Gras, New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, crawfish, oil production, coastal erosion, chemical plants; all encompassed within...

Spring is happening! Each day, the sun stays out just a bit longer and up north, the snow is old, feeble and on its...

Before leaving Olguita’s on the second day in Costa Rica, I spotted this migrant male Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) pictured above, but I also enjoyed...

In Costa Rica, we have two coasts, a pair of shorelines that touch two oceans. To the west and south, we have the Pacific,...