A fortuitous tale of a chance encounter between two Rockjumper leaders, and a mythical bird! Stephan Lorenz I decided to use some spare time at the end of 2020 and start of the new year to travel to Costa Rica to seek two dozen lifers and enjoy the amazing birds I had not seen in some years. The steps to...

Text and photos by Stephan Lorenz Truth be told, we are not chasing any chickens in the sense of Gallus gallus domesticus as there are in fact no Gallus or wild junglefowl in Colorado. If anyone fancies the antics of feral Red Junglefowl in North America, one must travel to warmer climes, either Key West in...

White-crested Turaco by Keith Valentine Perhaps now more than ever before, we (all of us) are so thankful for nature and birds. Many of us gave our backyards, gardens, and neighborhoods more scrutiny than ever before. And some of us enjoyed remarkable sightings and discoveries right at or near our homes....

Text and photos by Gareth Robbins Recently, I managed to make a short visit to the Garden Route. I had one day free to go birding, so I chose the Wilderness Section of the Garden Route National Park. This section of the GRNP is famous for its lakes, rivers and estuaries and is surrounded by indigenous...

We had tackled the gentle slope and took a break on the rocky, dun colored tundra. The gravel road and our vehicles had disappeared from view below us and rugged wilderness stretched in all directions without a hint of humanity. This time of year, the tundra was a mosaic of snow, grey rock, and yellowed grass...