Madagascar: A place where you walk finely stamped trails and are shown birds at staked out locations. There is so little forest remaining that the
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birding the world on a budget
Madagascar: A place where you walk finely stamped trails and are shown birds at staked out locations. There is so little forest remaining that the
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With incredible natural beauty, top resorts, golf courses, and beaches, it’s no surprise that the Dominican Republic is the most visited tourist destination in the
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Being that Ross is back in school and is back on a “student schedule” we knew he would be given a spring break and decided
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Our final 8 days in Peru were spent in the north and were certainly a race to the finish. It went a little something like
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Barbets are small to medium-sized, usually brightly colored birds with disproportionately large heads and thick bills. There are 83 known species dispersed throughout tropical environments
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After leaving Oxapampa, we arrived in the Huanaco area, an area with pleasant temperatures (warm days and cool nights) due to its elevation, which was
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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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While planning our six month long worldwide adventure, Ross and I made the decision to hire a driver for the majority of our Peru trip.
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Picture being in the middle of the Amazon Jungle in a very remote place. As I write this, (and if you are reading this, know
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On Tuesday (Jan 20) Ross and I visited Jigokudani monkey park, a monkey-spa paradise, where wild Japanese Macaques live and come to bathe in the
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