BioBlitz with Swarovski Optik and Finca Cántaros!

BioBlitz with Swarovski Optik and Finca Cántaros!

This past 28th and 29th of June, Osa Birds was excited to have the opportunity to be invited by the folks from Swarovski Optik to join our local partners Finca Cántaros Environmental Association from San Vito and naturalist guides from the area to conduct a BioBlitz...
The Osa Birds Community Bird Monitoring Network Grows

The Osa Birds Community Bird Monitoring Network Grows

This past weekend were back in Rancho Quemado and San Juan de Sierpe doing some bird monitoring, a bit of protocol review and the data entry that we all look forward to!! We started building our community bird monitoring network 8 years ago in Rancho Quemado and Dos...
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)...
Continuing to Beautify the Heart of Osa

Continuing to Beautify the Heart of Osa

In the month of July, we celebrated World Environment Day (June 5) and Arbor Day (June 15) by creating more habitat for birds!  Osa Birds received funding from Tropical Wings, a non-profit organization dedicated to birds and habitat protection.  With the support and...