Author Archives: Patrick O'Donnell

Last weekend, I went on a quest. The adventure was sort of like a search for treasure, except that the…

There’s nothing like a birdy, bird-filled lunch and I’m not talking about some lemon domesticated jungle fowl tagine either (although…

January kicks off the high season for birding in Costa Rica. The winds of the dry season keep the clouds…

Tropical forests are the bastions of avian biodiversity. If you thought that migrant traps and spring in south Texas were…

Mountains are a boon for birding. Although marching up and down and up and down can be a literal pain,…

Another year, another year list. That’s what us list-oriented birders do. Will we beat last year’s list? I hope so….

The Woodpeckers are one of the more popular of the avian families. What’s not to like about woodpeckers? They laugh,…

Eddy Rabbitt sang about loving a rainy night but in Costa Rica, hummingbirds love a rainy day. They sing the…

Sunny days sound like oh so pleasant weather but they just don’t jive with birding in the tropics. Walk out…

The survivalist birder scoffs at feeders. I recently became aware of this after an erstwhile interview with one of those…