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A Little Neck-breaking Never Hurt

10,000 Birds

Operating in the sphere of ecotourism, I understand the undeniable appeal of luxury birding – sipping coffee in flip-flops behind a tripod, binoculars within comfortable reach as multitudes of multicoloured birds descend upon the mossiest of perches at eye level to gorge on ripe bananas and papaya.

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Familiar Faces in Guyana

10,000 Birds

Ardent readers of this blog would realise by now that I have been chronicling a few days spent in Guyana last year – I felt that a single post or two would invariably exclude far too many sightings of note. I contemplated how the birds were able to achieve such acceleration after sleeping all night without an ounce of caffeine.

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Birding Suriname and Brownsberg

10,000 Birds

Guianan Cock-of-the-rock, Capuchinbird, Red Fan Parrot, Guianan Toucanet, White Bellbird, Grey-winged Trumpeters, Black Currasow. For these stunning birds are not easily found outside of the Guianas which includes Suriname, Guyana and French Guiana. Birds that are really tough elsewhere can be easily seen. Interested yet?

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