So where was I…? The rain unrelenting, the expedition departed La Amistad and headed back to Los Quetzales for the evening. As Los Quetzales is located in the rural town of Guadalupe in the Chiriqui highlands, there are plenty of birds to be found right on the property of the lodge itself. From under the […]
John E. Riutta
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Posts by John E. Riutta, MA, MBA, FLS, MemRES:
Bully Birthday TR!
All who have ever taken a walk through a national park or visited a national monument in the United States would do well today to stop and wish a happy 150th birthday to one of the great souls of the American conservation movement: Theodore Roosevelt (“TR” to his many admirers). Some things about TR you […]
Friendship in the Rain
“The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play…” Unless you’re a bird watcher in Panama during the Green Season – then Herodotus’ famous adage “Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these courageous birders from the swift discovery of their needed life birds” comes into play. (Many may […]
Stinging Criticism
It never fails. Whenever you are outstanding in your field, there is always a critic close at hand who disapproves of your efforts and is ready to give you the finger at a moment’s notice. In my case this afternoon, the field was just outside the town limits of Scappoose, the critic was a yellow […]