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
Read moreBirding 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.
Read moreBirding 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
Read moreBirding 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
Read moreBirding 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
Read moreBirding Colombia: The Caribbean Coast & Minca
As a student who gets a significant amount of time off for winter break, I decided to use this extended amount of time and visit
Read moreMexico – Part 2. After the Wedding – August 12-20, 2016
My trip to Mexico started August 12th at Secrets Silversands Resort in Riveria Maya, while Ross headed down to Mexico on August 11th to do
Read moreMexico – Part 1: Before the Wedding – August 11-15, 2016
Our trip to Mexico can be broken down into two parts, “Before the Wedding” and “After the Wedding” because had it not been for a
Read moreMindanao: Birding an island of megas
After two weeks of birding in the Philippines, it was time to head to the last island of the trip, Mindanao. Before my early morning
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