Wanstead Birder

The full list of birds seen is below, and the eBird trip list is here . I amazed myself by seeing more birds by myself than with Alejandro, ...

With my stomach bug behind me I was once again up at dawn and birding. This time I went a little further beyond the track down to the river ...

I had enjoyed my Oilbird excursion so much that Albert helped me hire the driver again for a morning trip a little outside of Sabanalarga. ...

Any birder who speaks Spanish will know what a Gaucharos is - the Oilbird ,  Steatornis caripensis . Albert's brother had suggested visi...

The daily routine at Sabanalarga was simplicity itself. Half of the morning would be spent asleep at the holiday camp. Mid-morning you would...

I think I met something like another 15 of Albert's extended family members at the restaurant. I had to write notes to try and remember ...

Normally I begin every trip report with a "Logistics and Itinerary" style post, detailing how I got there, where I went, my prepar...

Here is a day by day trip list from Colombia. On some days we started in one place, had a bit of a drive, and then finished in another so so...

Packed and ready to go, we left the lodge on food to walk a short way up the Camino Montezuma once again. No jeeps this time, John and Duber...

We took the jeeps again direct from the lodge. In the dark? In truth I cannot remember, but probably, as we went about half way up and my fi...