ESSAYS
Blog Highlights
These links lead to blog essays I wrote between 2010 and 2021 that are housed on an older blog site.
January 3, 2021
September 29, 2020
July 21, 2019
August 24, 2018
June 12, 2018
January 15, 2016
November 8, 2014
January 9, 2013
November 27, 2012
August 9, 2012
March 25, 2011
November 10, 2010
Costa Rica Bird Series: The 12 Birds of Christmas
A coastal scene viewed from above, showing a sandy beach with gentle waves and green tropical palm trees along the shoreline.
A Costa Rican bird with black and yellow plumage perched on a tree branch surrounded by green leaves.
Photo of a turquoise-browed Motmot bird perched on a tree branch against a blue sky.
Photo of a Montezuma Oropendola bird in flight against a gray sky, with black body, yellow tail, and orange beak.
Photograph of a bare-throated tiger heron perched among green foliage in Costa Rica jungle.
Photograph of a purple gallinule bird with a red beak, blue and green body, yellow legs, sitting among green leaves and branches.
Photo of a Laughing Falcon perched on a tree branch, with a clear sky and some green leaves in the background.
A paper titled "8th Bird of Christmas: Crested Caracara" with an image of a crested caracara bird in flight over a forested road.
A Belted Kingfisher perched on a tree branch amid green leaves.
Close-up of a bird standing on a tree branch with a blurred green foliage background.
Colorful Resplendent Quetzal bird perched on a tree branch in the Monteverde Cloud Forest with green leaves in the background.
Photograph of a Three-Wattled Bellbird perched on a branch in a forest, with a black beak and three prominent wattles hanging from its throat.