The morning of June 21st we woke up super early (AKA 4:30 AM) to make sure we’d be at our intended destination before dawn, because
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Tag: birding on a budget
Finding a Cloud Forest Screech Owl – June 8-10, 2015 – Villa Rica & Ulcumano Ecolodge
Villa Rica, an area dominated by shade-grown coffee plantations, makes for surprisingly good birding. Located in the central part of the Peruvian Selva, Villa Rica
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The Amazon with Muyuna Lodge & AMR – May 26-June 1, 2015
The Wattled Curassow, a game-type bird that was nearly hunted to extinction. Found in remote rain forests in the western Amazon Basin, this particular bird
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Part I of Peru – Cuzco and Machu Picchu – May 16-19, 2015
Peru is one of the most biodiverse countries on the planet and is extremely rich in bird diversity, boasting an impressive 1,808 species of birds,
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The last of Bolivia –
After a very bizarre day entering La Paz, (which you can read about here) Ross and I slept in and took advantage of the complimentary
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Bolivia Saga Part II – May 6-10 2015
Picking up where I left off (Click here to read about our first week) … We arrived in Cochabamba early evening and were very fortunate
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Central Chile, Part II of South America, April 18-26
Hola from central Chile! Ross and I have been in this part of the country for 9 days already! We landed in Santiago the evening
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Southern Chile – Part I of South America, April 10-18
Ross and I left Pittsburgh, PA at 7AM on April 10th and we arrived in Santiago, Chile at 3AM on April 11th. Two layovers and
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Texas and Beyond: Road Trip Part II
Hopefully it’s no surprise at this point that we’ve been traveling the last several months. We arrived home a few days ago (much to our
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