Tips for Birding in Costa Rica at Virgen del Socorro
Mountains are one of the main reasons why so many bird species live in Costa Rica. They act as barriers that promote speciation, catch moisture that creates cloud forest and other tropical forest...
View ArticleA Few Tips for Dry Forest Birding in Costa Rica
Different major habitats are one of the main reasons why we have so many bird species in Costa Rica, especially the rainy places. More water translates to higher numbers and varieties of life forms,...
View ArticleA Few Birds To Look For On The Cerro Lodge Road
Cerro Lodge is one of the main accommodation options for birders visiting the Carara area. It’s also one of the only real options but that doesn’t take away from its value in terms of proximity to the...
View ArticleSpring Birding in Costa Rica
In the northern places where winter chases some of the birds away from their breeding grounds, spring represents a dramatic, obvious, much anticipated change in the natural surroundings. Suddenly, the...
View ArticleComparing Cano Negro and Tortuguero
There’s more than one way to watch a bird. When I was a kid, I stared out the window of cars and buses, constantly scanning distant tree tops, fields, and other aspects of urban and rural landscapes...
View ArticleIntact, Mature Forest Equals More Understory Species
More mature forest means more birds. The copious number of individual birds, a good number of species, and near constant avian action in second growth can trick us into viewing edge habitats as the...
View ArticleSome Tips for Birding Costa Rica in August
Here comes August, that late summer month with its hazy dog days, stores full of school supplies, and time to rush and complete whatever summer tasks you had planned on doing. For us birders, it’s also...
View ArticleTwo Weeks of Costa Rica Birding Highlights
Regarding birding endeavors, the past two weeks have been good ones . I have added some really good year birds, visited the birding oasis known as Rancho Naturalista, and have shared birds with clients...
View ArticleTips to Prepare for Global Big Day in Costa Rica, 2018
The golden birding month of May is just about here and I know of more than a few birders up north who must be giving a collective sigh of anticipated relief. April wanes and yet the snow keeps coming...
View ArticleFinal Preparations for Global Big Day in Costa Rica
Just a few days left until a fair percentage of the birding public participates in Global Big Day. It’s easy enough to do, you just need to watch birds on May 5th for any amount of time, count those...
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