Halmahera – Indonesia – Everybody Gets Their Picture Taken

And so begins the second segment of our Indonesian trip “The North Moluccas” starting with the island of Halmahera. But let’s talk Indonesian geography for

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Flores – Indonesia – Friendly Little Owls

Flores was to be our last stop on our visit to the Lesser Sundas, the name for the group of islands found toward the southern

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Timor – Indonesia – Lots of Birds, Not a lot of Pictures

Ross and I skipped over to the island of Timor a little ahead of schedule. (Because as you may have heard, everything went right on

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Philippines 2017: Birding Panay

“Be careful if you decide to shower, there’s a Pit-Viper in there.”—a favorite quote from our time on Panay. I’ll get to the part with

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Mitu, Colombia – Part 2 – May 12-17, 2017

Continuing where I left off in describing our Mitu adventure. (Read this prior post to get caught up to speed!) Each evening after a long

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Mitu, Colombia – Part 1 – May 6-11th, 2017

The jungle town of Mitu, a small remote settlement in Amazonian Colombia found along the Vaupes River is only accessible by plane or boat. International

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The start of our trip – Northeast Brazil – March 2-6, 2017

With a break from school in March, Ross immediately decided he wanted to spend this uniquely long amount of time off (~4 weeks) visiting a mega diverse country full

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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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