Global Big Day

Global Big Day

Help us celebrate The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Global Big Day and World Migratory Bird Day on May 13, 2023! How? Go out and count birds and add your observations to eBird. Take 10 minutes creating an eBird checklist from birds you observe in your garden or...
Women Leaders in Conservation

Women Leaders in Conservation

For all the hard work and dedication that these women conservation leaders have put forth, I want to showcase them and their tireless work both with Osa Birds and in support of their community of Rancho Quemado. From left to right, Nuria Ureña, Yolanda Rodriguez and...
Taxonomy Redux 2021

Taxonomy Redux 2021

In the last several years we have seen many changes to the taxonomy of the birds of the world, and 2021 is no exception! This year the American Ornithological Society’s committee on Classification and Nomenclature of North and Middle American Birds (the NACC)...
Reforesting Riparian Areas

Reforesting Riparian Areas

Today the Biological Monitoring Group of Rancho Quemado and the Junior Park Guards gathered to restore a degraded watershed along the Riyito River at the bridge entrance to Rancho Quemado.  Plants such as Heliconias, Episcias lilacinas, Calateas, Rubeaseas, Estococas...
Taxonomic Changes to Birds 2019

Taxonomic Changes to Birds 2019

Ver la Traducción al Español Abajo. The new common and or scientific names are highlighted in Bold below for birds found either on the Osa Peninsula or in the southern Pacific region of Costa Rica.  For other taxonomic order changes or merges/splits, please refer to...

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