Author Archives: Patrick O'Donnell

I watch birds pretty much all the time. This may come as a surprise to folks who keep their birding…

When the birding slows down, someone usually lets out the excuse that our hobby wouldn’t be as fun if there…

In Costa Rica, we don’t get many chances to chase birds. While we could chase a number of local, rare…

Some birds are so familiar, even non-birders can’t help but know what they are, or at least what family they…

As with peninsulas and places situated on an isthmus, Costa Rica has more than one coast. In the west, the…

It’s 2017 and we have reached the halfway point. If you are doing any sort of year list, you know…

These days, temperatures are soaring across much of the USA. While summer is indeed the hottest time of the year,…

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

If you do eBird, there’s a pretty good chance you were birding somewhere on May 13th. You may have birding…

If you are a birder and can’t help but put most or all of your results into eBird, then you…