Following my recent road-crossing sloth post, some readers have contacted me expressing their concern about the sloth’s safety. I am very pleased to be able to write that thanks to the quick actions of Yenia from Recontour S.A., our guide Luis, and the ever-valliant Jeffrey A. Gordon, the sloth was safely moved from the road […]
Born Again Bird Watcher Archive
The archive of posts from the original Born Again Bird Watcher blog.
Ohhh… Nuts!
Downloading the latest images from my Wingscapes BirdCam, I discovered this one of what at first glance appeared to be one of the local squirrels having a little too much fun swinging on the nut feeder. However when I took a closer look, the expression on the squirrel’s face, be it accidental or a true […]
Back at the Lodge
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 […]
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 […]