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Reviews

The Pleasures of Collective Nouns and Murder — a Review

June 6, 2018 by Mark No Comments

If you like birds and you also like . . . Oh, wait. I already know that you like birds — that’s why you’re...

Birds

Rufous Hummingbird Male in Northern California

May 3, 2018 by Larry 4 Comments

The Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) visits my home every year about this time. Of course the males come first to establish territory. According to Macauley...

Trips

Hummer Time

April 3, 2018 by Angela Minor No Comments

The yellow blooms of spring are nodding, and the pinks and reds are awakening: my signal that it’s time to prep the hummingbird feeders....

Trips

Starting 2018 with Hummingbirds in Costa Rica

January 6, 2018 by Patrick O'Donnell 6 Comments

Costa Rica is a fantastic place to watch hummingbirds. Imagine forty plus resident species of this esteemed family zipping around a place the size...

Trips

Snow in Costa Rica!

December 7, 2017 by Dragan No Comments

It was already dark in mid-October when we arrived to the Costa Rican birding mecca of Rancho Naturalista to have dinner on the veranda...

Trips

A Dozen Quick and Easy Hummingbirds in Costa Rica

September 2, 2017 by Patrick O'Donnell No Comments

When the birding slows down, someone usually lets out the excuse that our hobby wouldn’t be as fun if there was no challenge. There’s...

Birds

Female Anna’s Hummingbird on Red Thistle

June 15, 2017 by Larry 2 Comments

After having retired last Friday (yup, you heard that right) I thought it would be nice to just relax around the house and watch...

Trips

Good Hummingbirds at El Tapir

June 10, 2017 by Patrick O'Donnell 2 Comments

Most birders eventually realize that our tribe has its own special lexicon. When we “twitch”, we don’t make sudden rapid movements. Instead, we make...

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