Costa Rica

Another year, another list. That’s January for birding. Coming from Niagara Falls, New York, it also means freezing, bitter cold,…

Are you headed to Costa Rica this year? I hope so because the birding and biodiversity are fantastic, and the…

The year is nearly over and that’s always a good excuse to talk about our best birds from the past…

If there was such a thing as a birder holiday, the peak of spring migration would be the high point…

Thanksgiving was celebrated a couple of days ago across the USA. In other words, millions of people got together with…

I started birding in what must have been 1978. At the time, I didn’t really take note of the year…

Big Days* have been a big deal for the past few years. That said, some stalwart birders are undoubtedly thinking,…

When people find out that I moved to Costa Rica from Niagara Falls, New York, one of the first things…

Myriam’s Quetzales! Are they her’s? Can there be a more enticing name than for a place that that? To be…

A rare bird is one we don’t see very often. However, that doesn’t mean that the bird species in question…