Some birders are more learners than listers, others more photographers than birders. However, no matter how one enjoys or...

Presuming that you want to bird Costa Rica, you would book a southbound flight (from N. America) or westbound...

For many folks who live in places with cold winters, toucans are the birds on cereal boxes. While growing...

The tropical habitats of Costa Rica are home to a surprising number of raptor species. Although the country is...

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Global Big Day is an initiative created by the folks at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to promote the...

In the birding world, May is the beautiful time. With birds bedecked in their breeding best and filling the...

Costa Rica is a small yet very birdy country (readers may have gotten that impression on previous posts I...