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What Flies Over Costa Rica in the Night?

10,000 Birds

If the wind carries them on, maybe they will go to Panama, or even make it to Colombia. We don’t see so many on the ground but with both Yellow and Black-billed hightailing it to South America, you know that their long wings are carrying these caterpillar gourmands far overhead and straight on to Colombia.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Re “ Worry Under the Big Top as Mexico City Moves to Ban Circus Animals ” (news article, June 15): Mexico City joins the growing list of cities that have banned the exploitation of animals in circuses. Why is the United States lagging so far behind?