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Tyler Wenzel
Making me jealous Diego! (Also didn't realize you were here on BirdForum!)
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How many hummingbird species have you seen? (1 Viewer)
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COLOMBIA Birding
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indeed... might be trying for one of the Eriocnemis soon ;-)
COLOMBIA Birding
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indeed... since like 2010 or so... not so active in the last years tho...
bonxie birder
Stirring the pot since 1965
85. As an old world birder, I love hummingbirds
Jeff Hopkins
Just another...observer
In Bolivia now. Added two so far: Blue-tufted Starthroat and White-vented Violetear. So now at 214 and counting.
michalb
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I have only ten, which in some way is a good thing, as I have sooo many left to see!
Green Violet-ear (Colibri cyanotus)
Purple-throated Carib (Eulampis jugularis)
Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus)
Scintillant Hummingbird (Selasphorus scintilla)
Garden Emerald (Chlorostilbon assimilis) - I think this has been my favourite one so far
Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus) - the first one I ever saw
Violet Sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus)
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird (Saucerottia edward)
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
Blue-chested Hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis)
Green Violet-ear (Colibri cyanotus)
Purple-throated Carib (Eulampis jugularis)
Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus)
Scintillant Hummingbird (Selasphorus scintilla)
Garden Emerald (Chlorostilbon assimilis) - I think this has been my favourite one so far
Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus) - the first one I ever saw
Violet Sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus)
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird (Saucerottia edward)
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
Blue-chested Hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis)
Mysticete
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And with my trip to Eucador almost two years ago or so, I now stand at 73 species, which is pretty close to what i guesstimated I would add to my list.
pbjosh
missing the neotropics
I've done pretty well with hummers, slowly but surely. I think I'm just over 300 per Clements/eBird taxonomy. However I am kind of out of possible trips to add many more quickly. I have a pretty long/thorough trip planned to Bolivia but only 3 new species realistically possible there. In the Lesser Antilles, if that trip doesn't fall through, I'll similarly only add a couple. Getting to Venezuela would be by far the best way for me to boost numbers but impossible on a US passport at the moment, as I understand it.
Jeff Hopkins
Just another...observer
Four more since Sunday (including 3 today). Now at 218 with more to come.
temmie
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Say “hi” to Dan; no strikes /paro as far as La Paz at the moment, hope you still find gasoline and you should be fine. Black-hooded Sunbeam on the menu any time soon?
Jeff Hopkins
Just another...observer
Hi Temmie,
No strikes that we're aware of, but we're keeping our ear to the ground. There were reports of potential road blockades upcoming, but so far nothing has materialized. We're in Cochabamba now and we fly to la Paz in a couple days. The big issue is that our chofer has to drive from CCBA to La Paz. Hopefully he won't have any trouble.
Gasoline hasn't been an issue. There's a major shortage of diesel in Bolivia, but we have a gasoline powered vehicle. Or should I say underpowered, since it's a Chinese-made minivan.
Black-hooded Sunbeam should be on tap in the next few days, possibly even tomorrow.
JH
No strikes that we're aware of, but we're keeping our ear to the ground. There were reports of potential road blockades upcoming, but so far nothing has materialized. We're in Cochabamba now and we fly to la Paz in a couple days. The big issue is that our chofer has to drive from CCBA to La Paz. Hopefully he won't have any trouble.
Gasoline hasn't been an issue. There's a major shortage of diesel in Bolivia, but we have a gasoline powered vehicle. Or should I say underpowered, since it's a Chinese-made minivan.
Black-hooded Sunbeam should be on tap in the next few days, possibly even tomorrow.
JH
temmie
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Major roadblocks between La Paz and Titicaca (road to Sorata) atm (see here: https://transitabilidad.abc.gob.bo/mapa ), those seem to be hard to go around. No roadblocks, as far as I can see on this website:
between Cochabamba and La Paz... Knock on wood!
Interesting to hear the shortage is specific!Gasoline hasn't been an issue. There's a major shortage of diesel in Bolivia, but we have a gasoline powered vehicle. Or should I say underpowered, since it's a Chinese-made minivan.
Should be very much 'gettable' (I suspect you already got it by now...)!
Jeff Hopkins
Just another...observer
The Sunbeam was tough. The usual place for it (Corani Dam) was being re-paved and was closed to car traffic, and without a car it would have been a very long walk. Dan saw one above the dam, and our driver saw another, but neither of the clients saw them. Fortunately, we did eventually get it on the main road (Rta. 3) between Pongo and the Camino de la Muerte. Unfortunately we only saw an immature/female, but at least we saw it.
Our driver was not able to drive from Cochabamba to La Paz. That road was blocked by a Morales "march". So we had a different driver in the La Paz area. You're correct that it was not possible to get to Sorata. In fact, our hotel on Titicaca closed temporarily because there was no way for anyone to get to it. We stayed in La Paz instead. So today, instead of going to Sorata, we went to Humamarca for the Andean and James's Flamingos (as well as the grebe, of course).
And to wrap up the hummingbird update, I picked up 3 more through the rest of the tour, so I'm now at 221.
Our driver was not able to drive from Cochabamba to La Paz. That road was blocked by a Morales "march". So we had a different driver in the La Paz area. You're correct that it was not possible to get to Sorata. In fact, our hotel on Titicaca closed temporarily because there was no way for anyone to get to it. We stayed in La Paz instead. So today, instead of going to Sorata, we went to Humamarca for the Andean and James's Flamingos (as well as the grebe, of course).
And to wrap up the hummingbird update, I picked up 3 more through the rest of the tour, so I'm now at 221.
la_ravachol
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Surely the thing I envy most about New World birders. I have a small but pleasing list of 13 from California and Southern Mexico:
Long-billed Hermit
Rivoli's Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
White-eared Hummingbird
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
Cinnamon Hummingbird
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
White-bellied Emerald
Long-billed Hermit
Rivoli's Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
White-eared Hummingbird
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
Cinnamon Hummingbird
Buff-bellied Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
White-bellied Emerald
Welsh Peregrine
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I am now on 133.
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