10,000 Birds
MARCH 3, 2011
and Colombia respectively, have secured thirteen new conservation easements in Colombia with private landowners that will protect important habitat for the Cerulean Warbler – North America’s fastest declining neotropical migrant songbird.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2012
Very few birds – or animals for that matter – would plunge head-first into the churning cauldrons of some of South America’s most treacherous rivers. Torrent Ducks share their habitat in Colombia with another striking and highly unusual species, the White-capped Dipper.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
The first shorebird arrivals are apparently birds that failed at a breeding attempt and don’t have time to re-attempt; they might as well head south early. By checking my Facebook feed on a daily basis, I had a broad idea about birds arriving into different countries in Central and South America. The fall migration is underway.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 1, 2013
Of all migratory birds breeding in North America, Swallow-tailed Kites are among the first to leave for the wintering grounds. Then, they keep flying south overland to western Colombia. At some point in western Colombia the kites will fly over the Andes at a point where the Andes are not as high.
10,000 Birds
JULY 19, 2014
The Spot-flanked Gallinule Gallinula melanops is a common rallid of southern South America. Despite trawling the internet, it is not clear if these birds are all juveniles, females or non-breeding males. It is common on freshwater in the lowlands and can be found above 7000 feet in Colombia.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 30, 2021
… – part 2 – Once I finish this writing, with a strange mix of emotions I will put the Lynx field guide Birds of Colombia to the bookshelf for the first time, more than half a year after I received it. We found Black-collared Swallows breeding in cracks among the lower riverside rocks. Black-collared Swallow by Tyler Ficker.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 17, 2013
The world has three waxwing species: the Cedar Waxwing ( Bombycilla cedrorum ), breeding in North America and wintering as far south as the Caribbean islands and northern Colombia; the Holarctic Bohemian Waxwing ( Bombycilla garrulus ); and the east Asian Japanese Waxwing ( Bombycilla japonica ).
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