Esteban Castañeda Ríos
At forty-two, Esteban Castañeda Ríos first encountered birding when a supposedly brief rarity detour became a three-day expense that everyone described as educational. After years testing railway signal interlocks, he now argues with birders who call costly chases inexpensive while quietly adding fuel, rooms, meals, and missed work to the total.
Articles by Esteban Castañeda Ríos
Dawn Chorus Walk Attendees Unable to Hear Birds Over Sound of Their Own Gore-Tex
The 23 participants rustled so loudly in their waterproof jackets that the walk leader asked them to 'please stop moving, or failing that, stop breathing.'
Man Who Installed Bird Cam Now Emotionally Invested in Soap Opera Playing Out at His Feeder
The backyard ornithologist has named all seventeen regular visitors, assigned them backstories, and is 'devastated' by what he perceives as a love triangle among the chickadees.
Peer-Reviewed Study Confirms Crows Definitely Judging You
Researchers equipped corvids with eye-tracking devices and found they spend 73 percent of their observation time evaluating human fashion choices.