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  1. Birding Peru

    Foreign Birding trips during the COVID 19 pandemic. List current situation for different destinations here!

    Yes, can't imagine anything else. And everyone has learned a lot about hygiene when traveling. Wash your hands a lot has always been a good idea.
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    Swifts from lowland Peru

    And I still need to see all three... hehe. Photo and recording gear ready!
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    Swifts from lowland Peru

    Note that Black Swift is also migrating over the Amazon and geolocation data suggest they travel partly over Peruvian parts of the Amazon. Still very little known. Spot-fronted has been photographed at Morro de Calzada by Fabrice Schmitt some years ago. I don't know why the record committee has...
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    Foreign Birding trips during the COVID 19 pandemic. List current situation for different destinations here!

    All the time, Andy - except when birding and eating. It is impossible to bird or eat with the mask on correctly :cool:
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    Foreign Birding trips during the COVID 19 pandemic. List current situation for different destinations here!

    I am just answering realistically what I have experienced during the 25 days in the field. One has to see the mini-van as a cell, where the important thing is to socially distance towards others outside of our party. We have to assume that everyone in the van are not carrying the virus...
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    Foreign Birding trips during the COVID 19 pandemic. List current situation for different destinations here!

    Technically, yes you are supposed to wear the mask at all times, but practically you have to put the mask down while birding, or the bins will fog up. Also, practically in the vehicle, you usually don't wear the mask over your nose when away from towns. Also, during meals and drinks, you don't...
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    Foreign Birding trips during the COVID 19 pandemic. List current situation for different destinations here!

    Even though most birders that I have been in contact with are waiting for the vaccine, some birders are still traveling. And while this may seem irresponsible to some, there is a lot of variations in different countries in active virus occurrence, as well as local COVID policies, so let us not...
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    Long weekend trip around Lima in February 2021

    Here is how we tackle the altitude on this two day trip. First of all we carry oxygen in the car. Secondly, we use the mountaineering mantra: work high sleep low. So the first day we slowly bird our way to the Polylepis woodland at 3900m and then descend to 2700m to sleep. This gives a good...
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    Yanachaga Chemillén National Park, Peru

    Great reports, Thibaud. It was a pleasure to bird with you recently on the San Alberto trail. For people interested in Central Peru there is an additional site worth mentioning for goodies like Cloud-forest Screech-Owl, Creamy-bellied Antwren, and the densest population I have ever seen of...
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    Birding Podcasts

    Hi all There is brand new birding podcast "The Birding Life" from South Africa by Adam Cruickshank with an international theme. It has had a number of well known South African birders as guests like Trevor Hardaker, Faansie Peacock, John Kinghorn, Mark Anderson, and an international guest Mark...
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    Birdparty - new video!

    Too much lockdown time.... ...I just made a video for my song Birdparty. Check it out on YouTube! https://youtu.be/3I_yCnvSf4o There are about 90 species of birds in the video. See if you can spot them all? Which are on your bucket list? Saludos from quarantine in Peru. Gunnar
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    Manu Expeditions, Cusco, Peru

    Hi everyone. Glad that Barry got to present his version too. The topic of the OP has diverted to pricing, policies, and whether organized birding tours are worth the money or not. Please forgive me for expanding on this. It is of course now, easier than ever to set up a birding trip on your...
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    World Virtual BirdFair?

    Indeed, that is for sure the most compelling reason for meeting in the flesh. Hard to substitute for that. But if the purpose is to talk to tour operators for an overseas holiday or to visit a presentation, all that can be done on-line. So, that would be the principal activity of the virtual...
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    Manu Expeditions, Cusco, Peru

    So sad to hear this. RIP Wim!
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    World Virtual BirdFair?

    British BirdFair - Cancelled Biggest Week - Cancelled Asian BirdFair - Cancelled Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival - Cancelled African BirdFair Cancelled Space Coast Birding Festival Jan 2021 - Cancelled Every fecking bird fair/festival in the whole wide world - Cancelled. Perhaps this is...
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    Peru, Manu Rd boat trips in May

    Like Temmie says. You arrange the boat to Boca Colorado only, and then continue with car. There are plenty of vehicles willing to take you. You may have to change vehicle after a river crossing on the way. Gunnar
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    March 19 Northeast Brazil 3 weeks

    Andy, it is more of a recce.... really.. Half of the places I have not been to previously, but I speak Portuguese. Pete - the Original Poster, just wanted to lower his costs. So I put an outline itinerary on our website. And in my reply I wanted folks to realize it is not a regular tour in...
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    March 19 Northeast Brazil 3 weeks

    Please note that there will be some very long drives, sometimes after dark, why we particularly would like people who can help with driving. Hotels and food included. There is space for max 3 people. Saludos Gunnar
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    BIG MONTH IN PERU OCT 1-31. 1006 species!!

    Apurimac endemics - and the rabies saga continues. Big Month Birding Peru. Day 5. Oct 5. Up at 2:30 and off at 3 AM. Just another day - birding in the Andes. Our goal was the Apurimac drainage which has a number of endemics species. We arrived before break of dawn and soon got both Apurimac...
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    BIG MONTH IN PERU OCT 1-31. 1006 species!!

    Rabid rain in the rain forest. Day 4. Big Month Birding Peru. Oct 4.
 The plan for the way back to Cusco, around 200km with some 7 hours of driving, needed to be in place to be the most efficient. We planned stops in the bamboo of Chontachaca, near Quitacalzones bridge, the feeders at Cock of...
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    BIG MONTH IN PERU OCT 1-31. 1006 species!!

    Bamboo birds at Villa Carmen and Tapir and hummers and Amazonia Lodge Day 3 Birding Peru Big Month. Villa Carmen and Amazonia Lodge. For the last 30 years or, Amazonia Lodge has been the legendary last birding outpost on the Manu road, the gateway to the lowland Manu National Park, or the...
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    BIG MONTH IN PERU OCT 1-31. 1006 species!!

    Manic Birding on Manu road. Day 2. October 2. Big Month Birding Peru, day 2. Man, it was difficult to get up this morning! I set the alarm for 2:30 am, had a quick shower, and packed my small carry-on suitcase and my small backpack all in less than half hour. Luckily, when doing a big month...
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    BIG MONTH IN PERU OCT 1-31. 1006 species!!

    Big Day - sorta, on the Road to Hell. Day 1. Big Month Oct 1, 2018. Puerto Maldonado-Cusco Some days things do not go to plan. This was such a day. On the most important day, we could not put all the ducks in line for a perfect birding day. Listen! A Zig Zag Heron had been calling...
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    BIG MONTH IN PERU OCT 1-31. 1006 species!!

    Hi Everyone, It has been a while since I logged onto Bird Forum, which is a quite a shame as the content here always rocks. Anyway, my birdwatching outfitter company in Peru turns 20 years this year so I thought I do something I had never done before. A BIG MONTH. There are many reasons for...
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    North Peru DIY Planning

    Larry, The cost of the night at Alto Nieva about the same as entrance for Owlet with guide, feeders and now also a hand fed Rusty-tinged Antpitta. Good inexpensive accommodation in Pomacochas. With WiFi. Gunnar
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