10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

I recently heard from Chris Kirkby, the Managing Director and Principal Investigator at Asociacion Fauna Forever , a Peruvian not-for-profit organisation based in Lima and Puerto Maldonado, about a series of bird-banding workshops being held this June and November in the rainforests of Tambopata in south-eastern Peru. Wicked, right?

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Peru 2011 Deer Birds 188

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. That’s right – birds eating clay. Chestnut-fronted Macaws Ara severa. And that’s just in the lowlands!

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 254

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2016

Knowledge of constraints like road work and access also need to be taken into consideration as well as picking the best driver, food and drink (chocolate, coffee, energy bars, coffee beans) for the day, the right participants, and whatever else is needed to maximize birding time in the right places.

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Costa Rica Birds Species 100