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: 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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Birding Colombia: Exploring the Perija Mountains and Santa Marta

Everything was set….or so I thought. With the local guide in the Santa Marta mountains not being available for a few more days, Sebastian and

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