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Birding Inirida, Colombia, or river dolphins and hoatzins, part 2

10,000 Birds

… – 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.

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Africa’s remarkable long tailed birds

10,000 Birds

A Long-tailed Sylph, one of the America’s many long tailed hummingbird species, photographed in Colombia by Adam Riley. They follow troops of monkeys through the forests, swooping down to snatch insects that the primates flush from the leaves. The remarkable Resplendent Quetzal photographed in Guatemala by Adam Riley.