A BIG Announcement For a Special Kind of BIG YEAR – & A Trip to Colombia

Ross and I like to joke that we could never permanently live in South Florida simply because it would be too dangerous for us —

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Birding Colombia: 4 days around Bogota and Soata

With a few days at my disposal thanks to being ahead of schedule, my goal was to continue to clean up on the country’s endemics while

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Birding Colombia: Montezuma and Santa Cecilia

With an early arrival in Pueblo Rico, I had 3 ½ hours to burn before meeting up with the others and our transportation at 1800.

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Birding Colombia: Las Tangaras Reserve and Otun Quimbaya

Despite the entire town being drunk the night prior, the ride we coordinated the night prior actually arrived at 0400 and we were quickly heading

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Birding Colombia: Urrao and Bolombolo

After our successful whirlwind afternoon to see the Yellow-eared Parrots above Jardin, we awoke at 0500 the next morning and boarded a van headed towards Bolombolo.  The

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Birding Colombia: Chestnut-capped Piha Reserva, La Romera, Jardin

After a full day of traveling, Alex and I woke up at 0300 and started on the 3 mile walk to the Chestnut-capped Piha reserve.

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Birding Colombia: Rio Blanco, Nevado Ruiz, and Rio Claro

Rio Blanco is widely known as one of the best birding spots in all of Colombia. Set up at a reserve protecting the watershed for

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Birding Colombia: Mid-Magdalena Valley, Tolima, and Fuerte’s Parrots!

Continuing on my Colombian bird-finding quest, I managed to cover A LOT of ground in 4 days and was lucky enough to find some very good

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Birding Colombia: Ocana and the Cerulean Warbler Reserve

The trip to Ocana started out as expected–I boarded the night bus at 2100 in Santa Marta and started on my 7 ½ hour trip

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Oxypogon in the Sky: A Search for One of the World’s Rarest Hummingbirds

Bird extinction is on the rise. As habitat destruction, introduced predators, and avian disease wreak havoc on birds around the world, conservationists have continued to

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