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  1. ovenbird43

    Indochina 2023: Cambodia, southern Vietnam, and Laos

    I've just returned from a month-long, solo trip covering most of Cambodia, southern Vietnam, and central Laos. I used professional guides with drivers for all of Cambodia and most of southern Vietnam, though I birded Cat Tien National Park on my own, and I did Laos independently. Though...
  2. ovenbird43

    Colombia - Central Andes and Mitu, Dec 2022

    Colombia has been high on my wishlist for many years now, and this year I finally decided to make it happen. I've done quite a bit of birding in the Neotropics, including multiple visits to Mexico/Central America, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil, so I was particularly keen to target Colombian...
  3. ovenbird43

    Advice for Colombia - Central Andes and Mitu areas Dec 2022

    Hi all, I'm in the process of finalizing some trip plans for Colombia for my husband and myself for this December, roughly 2.5 weeks. I'm looking at combining a week in Mitu with a week/week and a half in the central Andes, hitting Rio Blanco, Termales del Ruiz, Hacienda del Bosque, and...
  4. ovenbird43

    Puerto Rico, March 2022

    Just back from an 8-day spring trip to Puerto Rico, which included several days on Vieques for Bridled Quail-Dove and snorkeling. I chose Puerto Rico in large part due to circumstance - I had some airline credit from flights canceled back in spring 2020 due to COVID, but I could only use them...
  5. ovenbird43

    Hawaii 2021 - Adventures and Misadventures

    Having explored all corners of the lower 48 United States and visited several parts of Alaska in 2019, Hawaii was the last major frontier for me in US birding. I love birding tropical regions, but the expense and effort of getting to Hawaii vs. the low species count has always seen me off to...
  6. ovenbird43

    Storm Birding: Red-footed Booby

    Hurricane Sally made landfall today just to the east of where I live. Being on the west side and just far enough from the center of the storm, we had little issue, some steady wind and light rain over the last 48 hours but no damaging winds or flooding. This morning, I walked down to the...
  7. ovenbird43

    California Seabirds

    I’ve been to California several times, and while I always looked into it, my previous visits never coincided with any of Debi Shearwater’s scheduled pelagic trips. So when I learned that this season would be her last before retirement, I realized it was now or never, so I booked a couple of her...
  8. ovenbird43

    Ghana - North and South Mostly on Public Transport

    My husband and I just got back from 2.5 weeks in Ghana, hitting areas in both the south and north part of the country. While it was largely a birding-focused trip, my husband is not really a birder and is also not keen on maintaining a frenetic pace throughout the trip, so I tried to design an...
  9. ovenbird43

    Gulf Coast Migration Fallout

    Just back from a week on Grand Isle, an island on the coast of Louisiana that protects some of the best remaining oak chenier habitat. The visit was for work but timing and conditions were great for spring migrants, with a strong front bringing north winds the first day I was there, and another...
  10. ovenbird43

    Independent Ghana with public transport

    I've tentatively settled on taking a 2.5 week trip to Ghana this fall. My husband will be coming along, and although he enjoys birds and nature he's not really a birder, so rather than the standard circuit I'll be cherry-picking sites for my highest priority species, staying longer than usual at...
  11. ovenbird43

    Paracas and Northern Peru: Endemic Dip-Fest

    Just back from almost three weeks in Peru, the first half of the trip targeting Peruvian endemics and regional specialties in the northern Andes, the second half based in Paracas for a conference. Tropical forest birding is my absolute favorite despite its difficulty, although this trip proved...
  12. ovenbird43

    North Peru DIY Planning

    I'm planning a one-week trip through northern Peru for Nov 2-9, ending just before a conference in Paracas that I will be attending. It's just me (unless I can find some people to join! seriously, send me a pm if interested), and I'm trying to keep costs on the low end, though I haven't yet set...
  13. ovenbird43

    Ross's Gull: Arctic beauty in the Adirondacks

    This past Thursday I saw on the local listservs that a juvenile Ross's Gull had been found around Tupper Lake, in the Adirondacks. Normally a denizen of the high Arctic and only rarely straying into the lower 48, this bird hadn't been on my radar as even a remote possibility in the near future...
  14. ovenbird43

    Yucatan January 2017 - Birds, Bikes, and Fish

    My husband and I just returned from a 1-week trip around the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Since my husband isn't a birder and doesn't like to travel at the frenetic pace I often set during solo birding trips, I developed an itinerary that balanced my chances for most Yucatan endemics with...
  15. ovenbird43

    Yucatan Itinerary Advice

    I've settled on a winter vacation for myself and my husband next February in the Yucatan - after shopping around it seems to offer the best deals on flights from Syracuse and car rental. My husband is not a birder but he does like joining me for birding - I figure too the Mayan ruins will be...
  16. ovenbird43

    Dominican Republic - Endemics Bonanza over Easter Week

    I've just returned from a solo independent trip to the Dominican Republic, my first trip to the Caribbean region. My reason for choosing the DR in particular is that I'm quite keen on seeing new families, and the island of Hispaniola is the only home to the single-species family Dulidae...
  17. ovenbird43

    Spring Weather and Bohemian Waxwings

    I've seen Bohemian Waxwings before, but only once and going on ten (or more) years ago now during a winter trip to northern Michigan... long enough to forget what they sounded like, what the critical field marks all, and to make seeing them feel like getting a lifer all over again. They've been...
  18. ovenbird43

    Winter Weekend in New Jersey

    I had originally booked a spot on See Life Paulagic's 14-hour trip from Brooklyn in late January, but with a major winter storm with high winds on the way, that trip was cancelled. Determined to see alcids out in the ocean, I transferred my booking to a February trip leaving from Cape May - an...
  19. ovenbird43

    Brooklyn, New York - Overnight Pelagic Trip

    This weekend I attended my first overnight pelagic trip, departing from Brooklyn, New York and operated by See Life Paulagics. My husband and I traveled to the city from Syracuse by bus (Adirondack Trailways), which got us there probably faster than we could drive and left me without the hassle...
  20. ovenbird43

    Visiting Sheffield (UK) in March

    I will be attending a work-related workshop/symposium in Sheffield from 23-26 March. I haven't booked my plane tickets yet but I'm hoping to squeeze one full day of free time either before or after the symposium- looks like I will be flying in and out of Manchester. I'm wondering if anybody...
  21. ovenbird43

    Saguaro National Park - jackrabbit close encounter

    I haven't been doing NEARLY enough birding lately, or even getting out much. Yesterday my husband and I took advantage of the the free entrance offered courtesy of National Public Lands day and visited the eastern section of Saguaro National Park. We didn't arrive particularly early, around 10...
  22. ovenbird43

    Japan - Tokyo and Kyoto

    In late August I attended the 26th International Ornithological Congress, held in Tokyo, Japan, and managed to do a little bit of birding during and after the meeting. My third time to Asia and first to Japan, there were many country and regional endemics I was hoping to see, but the...
  23. ovenbird43

    Mexico - Spring Migration Along the Lower Colorado River

    I visited this area in mid-late April as part of a larger team of researchers to investigate the effects of a large water release (“pulse flow”) into the Colorado River channel. Scientists from both Mexico and the US were out in force, measuring water flow, seed dispersal, and seedling...
  24. ovenbird43

    Bell's or Sagebrush Sparrow - AZ, USA

    These were seen during a local field trip to the "Thrasher Spot" just west of Phoenix. The trip leader called this one a Bell's Sparrow, but after returning home and studying the ID features of Bell's and Sagebrush sparrows, I'm now skeptical (but far from certain either way). To me the...
  25. ovenbird43

    Jalisco, Mexico tour

    My second trip to Mexico in just over a month, this was part of an organized birding and conservation tour run jointly by Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory and University of Guadalajara. My primary purpose for joining the tour was the chance to visit a few field stations that I might visit in the...
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