Costa Rica

Black-thighed Grosbeak. On a recent Costa Rica trip, one of these was called out while an epic mixed flock was…

And you should definitely be checking at Bourbon, Bastards, and Birds regularly to see what he was up to with…

From time to time during the filming of our TV series we come across something totally unexpected. Mostly the unexpected…

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…