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Bird Uganda with Bird Uganda Safaris

10,000 Birds

Herbert travels broadly to attend birding festivals and fairs as an exhibitor and as a guest speaker on the topics of ecotourism development, community-based Skills training focusing on Women in tourism. Black-chested snake Eagle with a snake at Matheniko Wildlife Reserve Eastern Uganda.

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The Thing About Colombia

10,000 Birds

Not just birds, but also plants (Colombia boast the most orchid species, too), insects, primates, reptiles. But at Rio Blanco, a resident has trained them to come in to his voice and eat earthworms. It was an incredible experience to see Colombia as it is, not how it is so often portrayed. The list goes on and on and on.

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The Birding Rally Challenge Peru 2012

10,000 Birds

Besides the birds, the teams were distracted by half a dozen primate species and rare Giant River Otters. Fred Tavares of the Brazilian team had the following to say of his team’s experience in the Amazon, “There are so many birds. The challenge is trying to remember them all!”

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