Migration is happening. Every birder knows it. Even if we couldn’t find time to raise the bins at a favorite patch, it only takes...

In January, we moved to a new place at a slightly lower elevation yet still located in the Central Valley rather near the main...

Costa Rica is well known for national parks and other protected areas than offer access to tropical ecosystems dripping with biodiversity. Lots of birds,...

“Target birds”. The term can foster excitement but is easily contentious. It would be uber cool to lay eyes on a rare lifer, on...

Some birders are more learners than listers, others more photographers than birders. However, no matter how one enjoys or takes in interest in the...

Presuming that you want to bird Costa Rica, you would book a southbound flight (from N. America) or westbound (from Europe). Yet, for most...

For many folks who live in places with cold winters, toucans are the birds on cereal boxes. While growing up in western New York...

The tropical habitats of Costa Rica are home to a surprising number of raptor species. Although the country is around the same size as...