Costa Rica

Few if any species are as emblematic of the Neotropics as Ramphastidae, the family that includes the toucans, toucanets, and…

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…

Doves tend to get a bad rap when it comes to birding. A lot of those anti-Columbidae tendencies probably stem…

Costa Rica is one of those places that people visit to “see the rainforest”. Although there’s no such thing as “the…

Complain on a birding trip to Costa Rica? What?! Not possible! Yes, and as much as I love taking in…

When Costa Rica becomes a topic of conversation, we don’t usually hear the word “extinction” being thrown around. You might…

For the birder, roads are an ironic boon. Whether made of asphalt, gravel, or dirt, they help us reach more…

August is shorebird time in much of the birding world, Costa Rica included. Sandpipers, plovers, and other long-legged birdies that…

It rains a lot in Costa Rica. There are places in the country soaked with an average of four meters…