Trips

Birding Inirida, Colombia: practicalities, part 3

January 13, 2022 by Dragan No Comments
Technically, we were in the Orinoco River Basin of wider Amazonia. Yet, unlike the black shoe-sucking mud of Amazon further south, this is Amazonia...
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Birding Inirida, Colombia, or river dolphins and hoatzins, part 2

December 30, 2021 by Dragan 2 Comments
Have you ever birded a place so young that birds still have no names? …– part 2 –After I have finished writing this, with...
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Birding Inirida, Colombia, a forest so young that birds still have no names, part 1

December 16, 2021 by Dragan 7 Comments
Have you ever birded a place so young that birds still have no names? Ten days ago, I was sitting in a boat in...
Birding

Cristalino Lodge: A Day as a Birding Guide

March 21, 2014 by Carlos 4 Comments
Few people can imagine (or even take seriously) the life of a birding guide at a lodge in the tropics, so I thought it...
Birding

Guiding at Cristalino Lodge Report I: Back to Birding School

August 16, 2013 by Carlos 2 Comments
After over a year of planning and preparation (and after a quick trip to the Pantanal and Chapada dos Guimaraes), I finally arrived at...
Trips

The Threat to the Amazon’s birds

June 16, 2012 by Renato 5 Comments
The latest news from IUCN Redlist regarding birds is not good. The risk of extinction for Amazonian birds has increased substantially: 07 June 2012...
Trips

Bird Watching Lower Napo River

May 5, 2012 by Renato 3 Comments
If you are thinking about visiting the Amazon, and enjoying great birds, a bit of luxury, relaxation, and good food, then you should consider...
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Sani Lodge Birdwatching

December 31, 2011 by Renato 5 Comments
The amazonian basin is a very important area for Ecuador since it produces 500,000 barrels of oil per day which is the main source...
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