El Yigüirro, also known as the clay-colored thrush, was declared the national bird of Costa Rica on January 3rd, 1977 and has become an emblem for Costa Rica’s nation. It has also been known to play a significant role in Costa Rican literature and traditional music, celebrating the importance of this bird with The National […]

Based on a seemingly environmentally enlightened avalanche of catchphrases, Articulo 116 de la Ley de Conservación de Vida Silvestre N.7317 outlawed “all feeding of wild animals by hand or using feeders.” Politicians determined that the appearance of “large” quantities of “unnatural” food at feeders would “disrupt nature” and cause “dependence” or “population explosions” and the […]