Life, Birding, Photos and Everything

When I think of the tropics, birds come first to mind, of course. But I expect to see  many other kinds of animals as well. People come to...

Great Egret One day, we drove to a nearby university which had a large lake on the campus. A lake was filled with both familiar and unfa...

Brown Jay Even in Costa Rica, we were able to find some familiar birds, and it made me feel more confident as a birder to identify a Bal...

Golden-browed Clorophonia female In the US, all bird names are governed by the American Ornithologist Union. So when a familiar bird...

The Cloud Forests of Costa Rica are old growth forests. I was surprised to learn that many of the trees are giant oak trees. Nearly 50% of...