Costa Rica

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,…

Costa Rica led the charge long ago to define what ecotourism could really look like. As a result, some of…

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,…

No, you’re not going crazy. This is the second post on 10,000 Birds about hummingbirds at Catarata del Toro in…

When the proprietors of Costa Rica’s Finca Luna Nueva Lodge graciously invited Corey and me to visit, we were both…