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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. Santa Marta mountains, view from San Lorenzo Ridge, Colombia.

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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. In what has become the modern-day traditional method of organization, species are listed and described on the left-hand page and illustrative plates are on the right. Bolivia doesn’t come up much in discussions of birding travel.

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

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A little online research into some of these topics, however–like Elizabeth Gould, an extremely talented woman who illustrated her husband’s bird treatises and who despaired of his collecting habit–and I realize that Dunn was probably exercising a lot of restraint. Is all that material on Selkirk needed? Donsker, D.;