10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Hudson; and a primer on geological history, including the continuing zoological effects of the “Great American Biotic Interchange”; and a travelogue of an extraordinary river trip through Guyana. English is the official language of Guyana, with a distinctive cadence and idiom.

Guyana 248

Guyana South America Washington DC 248

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2024

Ardent readers of this blog would realise by now that I have been chronicling a few days spent in Guyana last year – I felt that a single post or two would invariably exclude far too many sightings of note. A couple bends along the trail and it seemed as if we were out of human contact by a thousand miles.

Guyana 218

Guyana Parrots Trinidad Woodpeckers 218

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Because of that, the bird has a manure-like odour and is only hunted by humans for food in times of dire need” [ Source ]. Actually, they are all the same, single rock, the westernmost piece of the Guyana Shield geological formation, carved into two by the river and further rounded by rains.

Dolphins 263

Dolphins Colombia Otters Birds 263