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  1. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    Trip species list Bird list exported from Scythebill with extra notes and species identified to genus or family only added.
  2. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    Thanks Andrea, really appreciate your comments. Really appreciate your comments, especially as you are Colombians! I wouldn't describe myself as having 'pro-birder' skills though, in fact I felt like a beginner again in Colombia! There are some really good birders in Colombia though -...
  3. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    Thanks...my first trip report, so appreciate the comments! It still is a dirt road - public transport is a Mazda 4x4 pickup; although mostly it would be fine to drive, some short sections are really badly potholed - I have no idea how the guy I saw as I was leaving had got a tiny Daihatsu...
  4. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    19 March: Bogota – flight to Amsterdam My final day in Colombia started off cloudy and cool, but dry. I had decided to take the Monserrate funicular, which ascends a hill on the edge of the city, trying out my ‘Easy Taxi’ app for the first time for the relatively short yellow cab ride from my...
  5. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    More from El Paujil - Puerto Pinzon 1) The Parulid warbler that thinks its a pipit - Northern Waterthrush 2) The garden and accommodation block at the Pro Aves reserve centre 3) View across the forest from the tower 4) Rucksack getting loaded onto the pickup roof, Puerto Pinzon 5) The original...
  6. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    Some photos from El Paujil 1) Blue-billed Curassow female with young 2) Colombian Chachalaca pair 3) Black-throated Mango 4) Black-chested Jay 5) Striated Heron
  7. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    18 March – El Paujil to Bogotà (travel day) I was out before dawn in time to have a welcome coffee or two, setting off with some degree of trepidation on the back of the motorbike – I’ve never been a biker, and the last time I rode pillion was when I lived in NW London in the early ‘80s, and a...
  8. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    17 March – El Paujil I’d arranged breakfast for 07:00, and took advantage of the relative cool of the morning to explore a few of the short trails near the reserve buildings beforehand – first the riverside, then a circuit of a pond located in the opposite direction, just off the main access...
  9. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    A few from Rio Claro 1) Dusky-faced Tanager 2) Magdalena Antbird - managing to avoid showing its most distinctive features 3) Grey-headed Tanager 4) Cocoa Woodcreeper 5) Cinnamon Woodpecker
  10. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    Some more pictures from Ventanas 1) The bold antpitta gets the worm! 2) Breakfast with a view - Mirador El Roble 3) Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher 4) Cinnamon Flycatcher 5) Lacrimose Mountain Tanager
  11. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    Catching up with photos before I catch up with writing up the final three days... these are from the day up at Ventanas, above Jardin with Guillermo and Gabriel. 1) Collared Inca at the Pro Aves hummingbird feeders 2) Masked Flowerpiercer at the coffee stop, Caldas province side of pass 3)...
  12. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    The main event - Jardin Cock-of-the-rock lek - pictures not helped by the fact that I'd inadvertently switched my camera from DX to 1.3x crop mode...in a location where frame-filling pics were possible anyway...these ones were ok though.
  13. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    Some pics from the Medellin to Jardin leg of the trip 1) Southern Lapwing - Medellin (Olaya Herrera) airport From the bridge in Jardin: 2) Female Red-headed Barbet 3) Male Flame-rumped Tanager 4) Inca Jay (taken 2 days later, looking a bit excited due to another jay nearby) 5) The yellow...
  14. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    Thanks, I appreciate your comments...I've been processing my pics and will add some soon... Thanks, appreciate the feedback Thanks - I think I made a good choice with your help, and appreciate your advice. Colombia is a great place to visit, I enjoyed all aspects of my trip and it's really...
  15. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    16 March – Rio Claro to El Paujil I had a slower start to the day, and decided to remain in my room and do a bit of birding from the balcony before heading down to breakfast. A few frustrating views of flycatchers and something on the Banaquit-Kiskadee spectrum of yellow belly / black & white...
  16. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    15 March: Cañon de Rio Claro I had a surprisingly good sleep under the mosquito net – the open-fronted room provided good ventilation and the temperature dropped to almost pleasant levels in the night, while the oldies’ convention next door had dispersed to their rooms at a relatively early...
  17. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    14 March: Jardin to Cañon de Rio Claro After packing my rucksack, I headed back to the yellow suspension bridge for a final session of Jardin birding. Originally I’d intended to revisit the cock-of-the-rock lek this morning, but I noticed they appeared to be just opening in the evenings at the...
  18. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    13 March: Jardin to Ventanas / Riosucio road I met Guillermo from Aramacao Tours at 05:00 outside the hotel – Gabriel, the hotel owner, supplied the transport (a Mazda double-cab pickup truck) and did the driving. A quick coffee in the square yielded Black-billed Thrush in the trees in the...
  19. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    A few pics from the Bio-Andina / La Calera: 1) Black-billed Mountain Toucan 2) Flame-winged Parakeet 3) Whistling Heron (looking in the wrong direction!) 4) White-bellied Woodstar 5) Great Sapphirewing
  20. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    12 March - Bogota to Jardin I arranged transport to the airport using the hotel's very reasonably priced transfer service at a ridiculously early hour, overcompensating for Bogota traffic which hadn't yet started to build up. In an attempt to circumvent Satena's 5kg carry-on limit, I was...
  21. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    11 March (continued): Observatorio de Colibries Leaving the cloud forest, we drove over a high pass through dense fog into Paramo habitat. At my request, we stopped at the roadside so I could take a few photos and experience this very different habitat - although visibility was very poor. I'd...
  22. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    11 March: Bio-Andina Cloud Forest After a good night's sleep, my strategy of staying more or less on UK time was working, and I made the appointed early (04:50) start. Oswaldo was waiting in reception for me, and introduced me to Francesco, the driver, who also had excellent English and was an...
  23. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    10 March: Journey to Bogota After working late on Saturday night to finish a report, then finishing off my packing, I had a total of 2 hours sleep before driving to Newcastle airport in time for the 06:00 flight to Amsterdam. Amazingly all I seemed to have forgotten was my pencil, although I...
  24. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    My itinerary: Day 1: (March 10) Flight NCL-AMS-BOG, arriving mid-afternoon. 'White' taxi to the Ibis Museo, no time for birding before dark. Day 2: All day birding tour to Bioandina Cloud Forest and Observatorio de Colibries with Bogota Birding. Day 3: Early flight BOG-EOH, walk next door to...
  25. kb57

    9 days in Colombia, March 2019

    I decided at relatively short notice to take myself off on a birding holiday while my partner was also away on a non-birding holiday in Cape Town with her friend. I picked one of the things on my birding 'bucket list' she was least bothered about sharing (experiencing a cock-of-the-rock lek)...
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