Approximately 10% of Earth’s living species are found in Colombia. At present, Colombia ranks first in the world when it comes to the number of bird species. Our first major stop for birding on this trip was El Dorado Reserve in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and a two-three hour drive from Santa Marta. El Dorado […]
Read PostBack in Bogota after 7 days of birding (Santa Marta, Otun Quimbaya and Cali regions). Final tally of birds seen comes to 317 different species (the group saw a total of 355). To put that into perspective, we saw approximately 1/3 of the total number of species recorded in the US in Canada in just […]
Read PostWe spent a week birding near Cape May, NJ with members of the Audubon Society of Greater Denver. Cape May is recognized as a birding hotspot. The peninsula provides critical habitat for birds as they migrate through the region. This trip coincided with spawning by horseshoe crabs along Delaware Bay beaches. Birding sites included Cape […]
Read PostOn the way back to Philadelphia International Airport after a week near Cape May, New Jersey, we stopped for a final burst of birding at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tanicum. The refuge is only one mile from the airport, yet it’s home to more than 300 species of birds throughout the year. Eighty […]
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