Costa Rica

The American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) does not only look evil; it is evil to the core. Horrid. American Black…

Costa Rica enjoys an international reputation as an iconic birding location, bursting with epic Neotropical species and breathtaking natural attractions….

We’ve all heard the rough calculus equating a bird in the hand to two in the bush. One has to…

The national bird of Costa Rica is the Clay-colored Thrush, perhaps my favorite decision for a national bird of any…

The name says it all. Costa Rica. The “Rich Coast” is stuffed full of birds and has wonderful biological richness….

In the 1980s, single-species conservation projects abounded with concerned groups fighting to save the rhino, cheetah, tiger, blue whale, and…

Many moons ago, I worked for a conservation organisation based in Costa Rica, called Asociación Amigos de las Aves (The…

They say that March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. I don’t know how this month…

“Visions of cloud forests with limited visibility, rain forests with dripping trees, snakes, slippery trails, mosquitoes, and spectacular birds. Take…