Author Archives: Patrick O'Donnell

Growing up in Niagara Falls, New York, June was a celebration of summer. It was finally, actually, truly warm outside…

Global Big Day is an initiative created by the folks at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to promote the use…

In the birding world, May is the beautiful time. With birds bedecked in their breeding best and filling the air…

Costa Rica is a small yet very birdy country (readers may have gotten that impression on previous posts I have…

One of the quandaries of birding in Costa Rica is deciding where to go birding. Where do you go when…

Spring is happening! Each day, the sun stays out just a bit longer and up north, the snow is old,…

In Costa Rica, we have two coasts, a pair of shorelines that touch two oceans. To the west and south,…

It’s good to have birding goals. Challenges like a Big Year, county lists, or a Big Sit can push a…

Barbets are odd, chunky birds with large beaks. There’s so much more that can be said about this group of…

Recently, I moved to a new place in Costa Rica. As is usual for a birder moving to a new…