Author Archives: Patrick O'Donnell

Costa Rica is well known for national parks and other protected areas than offer access to tropical ecosystems dripping with…

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

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

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

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

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…