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Some Birding News about Birders in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

I savor the timeless experience of scanning these tropical waves for storm-petrels and lost jaegers. Like a spy or avian investigator, I can scope them right through the front door, watch them at will. I have found myself listening to babbler songs and wondering which ones I may have heard in the distant forests of Thailand.

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

It’s the warbler that is often the last unchecked species on birders’ life lists and, whether you list or not, for most of us observing it is a once in a lifetime experience. Let me know if you have seen the Kirtland’s Warbler, if you were part of the Magee Marsh experience or if you made the trip to Mio, and what that birding trip was like.

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