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Tomorrow Should Be Resplendent
Resplendent quetzal leaving nest hole (photo by Joseph C Boone via Wikimedia Commons) On a birding trip in Costa Rica: Today we’re traveling up-mountain to 7,000 feet above sea level to San Gerardo de...
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Silky Bird
Long-tailed silky-flycatcher at Cerro de la Muerte, Costa Rica (photo from Wikimedia Commons) On a birding trip to Costa Rica: This bird with unusually silky feathers is only found in the mountains of...
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It Started With Volcanoes
Turrialba Volcano, erupting in 2014 (photo from Wikimedia Commons) On a birding trip to Costa Rica: 100 million years ago, during the time of the dinosaurs, North and South America were far apart and...
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Magnificent Butterflies
Blue morpho butterfly, Costa Rica (photo from Wikimedia Commons) On a birding trip to Costa Rica: While looking for birds in Costa Rica it’s impossible to ignore the magnificent butterflies. Though...
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In The Subduction Zone
Subduction landscape along the Costanera Sur, vicinity of Quepos (photo by Kate St. John) Reflections on a trip to Costa Rica, Jan 27-Feb 6, 2017: One of the unusual features of Costa Rica’s landscape...
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Ornate From Head To Toe
Legs of the ornate hawk-eagle, Bird Hall at Carnegie Museum (photo by Kate St. John) 14 February 2017 Museums inspire me. The first time I saw the ornate hawk-eagle specimen at Carnegie Museum I...
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The Walking Palm
Roots of the walking palm, Wilson Botanical Garden, Costa Rica, 2 Feb 2017 (photo by Kate St. John) Here’s a tree whose roots are taller than a man and are said to “walk” 20 meters a year(*). Really?...
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The Falcon’s Laugh
Laughing Falcon, Costa Rica (photo by Bert Dudley) 27 February 2017 On my trip to Costa Rica I wanted to see a laughing falcon. And then I wanted to hear it. Laughing falcons (Herpetotheres...
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Tanagers True And False
Silver-throated tanager, Cherrie’s tanager, yellow-crowned euphonia, Las Cruces, Feb 2017 (photo by Jon Goodwill) When I visited Costa Rica this month I saw more tanagers than I’d ever seen before …...
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Graceful
Swallow-tailed kite in flight (photo from Wikimedia Commons) We use words like powerful, strong or fierce to describe raptors but this one is different. The swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus)...
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