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The Thing About Colombia

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The nation of Colombia has been the victim of some bad press over the last few decades, not all of this is entirely unjustified. The government of Colombia was involved in a long-simmering and occasionally boiling war with guerilla groups in the rural parts of the country. Proud of their nation of music and color and art.

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Cerulean Warbler Gets a Boost in Colombia

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and Colombia respectively, have secured thirteen new conservation easements in Colombia with private landowners that will protect important habitat for the Cerulean Warbler – North America’s fastest declining neotropical migrant songbird. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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Why Red-ruffed Fruitcrow?

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The Red-ruffed Fruitcrow ( Pyroderus scutatus ) is a big, beautiful omnivore distributed across five distinct subspecies found in specific locales ranging from the humid western cordilleras of Colombia and Ecuador to the forests of northeastern Argentina. Birds Colombia cotinga fruitcrows South America' Like the Red-ruffed Fruitcrow.

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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. Because after we found that female she led us right to a male. Colombia is a land chock-full of avian treasures.

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What Flies Over Costa Rica in the Night?

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In Costa Rica, a lot of those birds fly right overhead. If the wind carries them on, maybe they will go to Panama, or even make it to Colombia. No sparrows or migrant juncos nor hardly any Yellow-rumpeds and forget about Orange-crowned (a serious mega around here!) An Eastern Kingbird on its way to the Amazon.

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12 countries with the greatest bird species density

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While Colombia may have almost 2000 bird species, it is a huge country with, still, complicated long-distance travel logistics. The Species per Square Mile Approach. On the other hand, small countries with relatively long bird lists offer higher species densities per square mile. The best season is December, followed by June-July.

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Birding Inirida, Colombia, a forest so young that birds still have no names, part 1

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They were too childish, right? Dubbed the Escape to the Orinoco River Basin of Colombia, this one-week and 250-species long trip uses the riverside city of Inírida as a comfortable single-base to explore the unique mix of birds that occur in the Estrella Fluvial Ramsar site.

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