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    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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