10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2013

The beautiful Andean or Highland Motmot The iridescence on this Chestnut-breasted Coronet is dazzling The endemic Green-and-white Hummingbird A female C**k-of-the-rock nesting close to the river Whilst looking for another Andean Motmot to film, I heard one of the guides yell out that they had located a Spectacled Bear. Holy mackerel!

Bears 180

Bears Mammals Peru South America 180

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2014

The Red-ruffed Fruitcrow ( Pyroderus scutatus ) is a big, beautiful omnivore distributed across five distinct subspecies found in specific locales ranging from the humid western cordilleras of Colombia and Ecuador to the forests of northeastern Argentina.

Colombia 206

Colombia South America Argentina Ecuador 206

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

For only $450,000, we could buy almost all of the habitat neded to protect Ecuador's remaining frogs. And of course that premise is only possible because the animals (and everything else on the planet) are our "resources." But again, he's a conservationist, so none of this is a surprise.

Polar Bears 100

Polar Bears California Condor Bald Eagle Lions 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

Dunn starts in Alaska with the goal of seeing Rufous Hummingbird at the northern extreme of its migration (which he does with some effort and a few bear sightings) and ends in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, “the end of the world,” with the sighting of a Green-backed Firecrown feeding at a firetree in cold drizzly rain.

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2014

American Dipper – Yes, I have seen Brown Dipper in Kazakhstan and White-capped Dippers in Ecuador but somehow I am missing the only dipper found in the United States, the American Dipper. And if I dip again…well, that doesn’t even bear thinking about. I console myself after missing quetzals by buying magnets.

Costa Rica 209

Costa Rica Hungary Honduras Birds 209