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Responsible Birding in Colombia with Jaguarundi Travel

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10,000 Birds is running a series of articles by and about tour guides, tour companies, eco-lodges, and other birding travel organizations. My name is Rene Montero Serrano, I was born in Colombia and I have been a nature travel explorer since I was a kid. Now the project has grown and we have been operating for more than 10 years.

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Check out Birding Experiences in Costa Rica

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10,000 Birds is running a series of articles by and about tour guides, tour companies, eco-lodges, and other birding travel organizations. Birding Experiences is a Costa Rican company owned and run by enthusiastic birdwatchers from Costa Rica. We want to help the birding tourism industry come back strong from the COVID pandemic.

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Spectacular Birding on Cerro Montezuma

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How else can I describe two days at Cerro Montezuma in Colombia. Cerro Montezuma or Montezuma Peak lies within Tatama National Park in Colombia’s Western Cordillera. Trips Cerro Montezuma Choco Region Colombia South America' Your mind gets blown. Xeno-canto has a helpful map.)

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Tremendous Torrent Ducks

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On a recent filming trip to Colombia with Aderman (my notorious/nefarious videographer), Birding Tours Colombia and Richard Crossley, I was fortunate enough to see some of this death-wish behavior first-hand. Torrent Ducks share their habitat in Colombia with another striking and highly unusual species, the White-capped Dipper.

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Banded Ground Cuckoo – Neomorphus radiolosus – in Ecuador

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A tiny country filled with biodiversity which can be easily reached in a short drive… Well, maybe that is a little exaggeration but in comparison to other countries like Colombia, Peru and the giant Brazil, our Ecuador seems tiny. Breakfast came at 7:30 am and then there was no trace of the bird.

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Birding the Rainforest Canopy

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This Birding Rally’s competitors were companies that specialize in birding and nature tours. These included Sunbird (United Kingdom), Birding Ecotours (South Africa), Aviatur (Colombia), and two teams from the USA; FieldGuides and Surbound Expeditions. Our team was composed of Adam Kent, Tim Towles, a local guide, and myself.

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Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide–A Book Review

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Like a shy stepchild, it’s always eclipsed by the wonders of Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, etc. Herzog and company have also created a bilingual web site to extend the reach of the information in Birds of Bolivia and keep the information current. Plate 97: Andean and partly Andean antshrikes, illustrated by Oscar Tintaya.

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