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Spectacular Birding on Cerro Montezuma

10,000 Birds

This last trait can be attributed both to the terrific verticality of this humid cloud forest and also to its location in the Chocó bioregion , an Endemic Bird Area that encompasses much of western Colombia and Ecuador. My group came to Montezuma to spy tasty Chocó endemic tanagers, hummingbirds, and anything else we could lay eyes on.

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Winter Wood-Warblers in Southeast Florida

10,000 Birds

Corey was lucky enough to meet Carlos while birding in Ecuador , where Carlos was dragooned into accompanying the horde of Queens birders for the day, an encounter that somehow didn’t turn him off of all things New York. Carlos Sanchez is an excellent birder, a Miami resident, and a polyglot. What does this mean for the visitor?

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