Can a family-focused trip—even to one of the world’s most biodiverse countries—deliver enough opportunities for avian observation to satisfy this serious world birder? If...
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In 2009, I traveled from New York City to the tropical rainforest of Ecuador. It was my first trip to the Neotropics, and I...
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The nation of Colombia has been the victim of some bad press over the last few decades, not all of this is entirely unjustified....
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Alfredo Begazo grew up with Peruvian Meadowlarks and Marvelous Spatuletails, and was used to waking up to the morning choruses of Pacific Doves in...
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The word “tanager” conjures certain images for most of us birder types. Maybe words like “colorful,” “beautiful,” “fruit,” and “tree.” But the tanager brand...
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Once we returned from our amazing trip to the mangroves at Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge (the tale is told in two parts here...
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They say that March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. I don’t know how this month will end but we’ll...
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That’s right, I’m going to the First Annual Mesoamerican Birding Festival. Now while Mike has enjoyed birding the neotropics (the sub-tropical and tropical parts...
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