Author Archives: Patrick O'Donnell

April is one of those major months of change, and as with things that are in flux, it tends to…

A successful birding adventure tends to include a fair bit of planning. It’s needed if “success” is synonymous with seeing…

Some birds are too cool for just one name. Others have names that give us pause because they don’t seem…

Fulfilling, delicious if you will, satisfying. Serious chocolate cake? Almost, but even better. They get you where it counts, right…

“Birdiness”. No, not an official word but, um, so what? Many birds sing local dialects, and human languages are dynamic,…

“Seen anything good”? How many of us have heard that open-ended question while birding in the USA, Canada, and Costa…

Not long ago, I had trouble sleeping because of these small, random explosions going off in my neighborhood. Each one…

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

The end of December is nigh and I don’t feel pressured to chase birds. How can that be? Aren’t I…

A blog is a place to express ideas, thoughts, recipes, and whatever floats your personal boat. At 10,000 Birds, readers…