Author Archives: Patrick O'Donnell

It’ s August but there aren’t any lazy, late summer, hazy days down here. The wet season is still in…

After the birding bugs bites, the abundance of new and colorful birds makes it easy to overlook or even blatantly…

Lately, it’s been raining in Costa Rica. Mike and Corey would probably say, “So what else is new?” but really,…

It’s the end of June and up north, the birds are busy with their young, and taking full advantage of…

“Costa Rica borders two oceans. The country has a healthy list of pelagic species. There are no pelagic trips”. That…

There are lots of great birding sites in Costa Rica. In fact, go anywhere with a good amount of natural…

Like 13,000 plus other birders around the world, I watched birds on May 9th and submitted the results to eBird….

Birding opens numerous portals to knowledge. For example, if we had never been bitten by the birding bug, why on…

When I was in high school, We used the word “ridiculous” to describe anything perceived to be foolish, beyond fun,…

Irazu is the name of a volcano in Costa Rica. It’s sort of stuck between San Jose and Cartago and…