I write this on the final day of the year, the last bit of 2019. The point of orbit for which the Earth starts...

It doesn’t get cold in Costa Rica. At least that’s how I see it but then again, since I grew up in a place...

Watching birds, birding, is inexorably tied to autonomous motivation. Maybe that’s why birders just might be obsessive about it or at least, very much...

EBird! It’s part of modern birding. In some parts of the world, it seems like most birders use it, myself included and why not?...

As birders, we face a particular set of challenges. Where can a birder find the best prices for quality optics? Which field guides to...

Global Big Day (GBD). This biggest day of eBirding kicked off in earnest a few years ago. The idea was to see how many...

Bird migration! In October, it’s what’s happening in Costa Rica. Our big month of bird movements in Costa Rica, the 10th month of the...

In Costa Rica, sandpipers are locally known as “correlimos”, which to me sounds something along the lines of “little runners” and that sounds about...