How an encounter with a rare tropical songbird spurred a group of birders to help protect its habitat. Read More “Helping save Yellow-billed Cotinga in Costa Rica”
A Yellow-billed Cotinga in Costa Rica. Photo by Mario Arana Garcia/Shutterstock
A Yellow-billed Cotinga in Costa Rica. Photo by Mario Arana Garcia/Shutterstock
Want to learn more about birds and birding? Sign up for our newsletter! In On the Move, our regular column about migration, we present pairs of distribution … Read More “Maps track Warbling Vireo movements”
No bird family captures the imagination like the toucans. Here’s an introduction to Costa Rica’s six members of the family and its two similar barbets. Read More “Eye candy: Toucans and barbets are must-see species in Costa Rica”
The April 2017 issue of BirdWatching is now available at Barnes & Noble and other newsstands! Our cover story looks at the efforts of citizen … Read More “Our April issue features woodpeckers, toucans, orioles, and one of the rarest birds on Earth”
An event is taking place in January that you might want to put on your calendar. It’s a five-day symposium entitled Birding and Avian Conservation for … Read More “Symposium at Selva Verde will focus on endangered macaw”
Communities in the Talamanca Mountains of Costa Rica, southeast of the capital San José, take the protection of their most spectacular bird, the Resplendent Quetzal, … Read More “Nest-protection project leads to stop-action flight photo”
A review of The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide, Second Edition, by Richard Garrigues and Robert Dean Read More “A new edition of the Costa Rica guide you can carry in the field”
It’s always fun to open up my computer each day and see what new photos birdwatchers have uploaded to our galleries. I’ve been particularly impressed … Read More “Seven hummingbird photos from readers”
The Osa Peninsula harbors 400 bird species and the last remaining old growth rainforest on the west coast of Central America, and it is the most underbirded corner of Costa Rica Read More “Unknown Costa Rica”