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Birding the “Utterly Peaceful Moorland” – Sumapaz NP Colombia

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Since then he has traveled the globe, his passion for birds growing with each new encounter. I caught traveler’s diarrhea four days ago in the jungle (Imodium to the rescue, but just barely). I had never been to Colombia before so didn’t know the best birding spots in the vicinity of the capital.

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Andean Condors On The News

10,000 Birds

The birds were observed crashing into the rocks high in the Andean mountains near a hydroelectric power plant. Other birds were seen crash landing. As Chilean officials and volunteers rescued 17 birds they noticed the birds were foaming from the beak. Birds Andean Andes condors poisoning'

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