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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Tag: birding
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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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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Northern Chile – Part III – April 27-28
Our last two days in this awesome country were a whirlwind. With how flights worked out, we only had 2 days in the northern region
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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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Doi Inthanon National Park
Doi Inthanon National Park: February 21-25, 2015 I’m dedicating an entire blog post to another one of our favorite of Thailand’s national parks—Doi Inthanon! We
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The Nicobar Pigeon and The Similan Islands
The Nicobar Pigeon isn’t necessarily a hard bird to get in Thailand but it can be an expensive one. For this one bird we spent
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How He Got The Girl
On Valentine’s Day I learned that boys will be boys no matter what species they are and sometimes they do very silly things to impress girls
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Thailand Phase I – The Elephant Encounter
We just wrapped up the first leg of the Thailand portion of our trip – one day in Pak Thale and five days in Kaeng
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