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PERU: Andes to Amazon ~ Day 12

After our Morning flight to Cusco began the four hour drive to…

PERU: Andes to Amazon ~ Day 11

Rain. Heavy Rain. Wind, too. Today we depart Manu, traveling down river…

This turkey made it through!

The Ocellated Turkey of Central America was a staple food in the…

PERU: Andes to Amazon ~ Day 10

Off to a different canopy tower on day 10. This time on…

PERU: Andes to Amazon ~ Day 9 (Afternoon)

Whew, so much going on I finally have a short break in…

Jens Kruger – 5-String Banjo Workshop

Jens Kruger, a true artist and master of the 5-string banjo, is…

A Night at the Toledo Zoo

As the sun set and the Sandhill Cranes flew overhead a small…

Third Annual Ohio Young Birders Conference

The Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge offered their building to host the Third…

Greetings from the Jungles of Ohio!

Eastern Screech Owl seen at Magee Marsh in May Got your attention?…

PERU: Andes to Amazon ~ Day 9 (more Morning – continued)

A good morning for mammals, we enjoyed a troop of Squirrel Monkeys…

PERU: Andes to Amazon ~ Day 9 (Morning – cont’d)

Shy least grebes moved out of the way of our passing watercraft….

PERU: Andes to Amazon ~ Day 9 (Morning)

This morning we motored down the Madre de Dios a shorter distance…

PERU: Andes to Amazon ~ Day 8 (Afternoon)

Black Spider Monkeys were quite common along the trails around the Manu…

PERU: Andes to Amazon ~ Day 8 (late Morning)

The canopy tower above Cocha Comungo Lake (on which we had spent…

PERU: Andes to Amazon ~ Day 8 (Morning)

Early morning in the dining room at the Manu Wildlife Center is…

PERU: Andes to Amazon ~ Day 7 (afternoon)

After departing the clay lick, we ventured onto the Madre de Dios…

PERU: Andes to Amazon ~ Day 7 (morning) Clay Lick

Our seventh day we rose very early to board our boat for…

PERU: Andes to Amazon ~ Day 6 – Madre de Dios River

The morning of day six was wet and stormy. We made our…

PERU: Andes to Amazon ~ Day 4 & 5 – Manu Road

Cock of the Rock Lodge gets its name from the Andean Cock-of-the-Rock…

PERU: Andes to Amazon ~ Day 3-Manu Road

The narrow Manu Road is often blocked by livestock at the higher…

Floreana Mockingbird – the rarest of the 4 Galapagos mockingbirds!

I’m slowly trying to catch up on photo editing from the past…

Tropical Kingbird in Maine!

There’s nothing better to pull a birder out of the mid-summer doldrums…

A Year of Birding with Gabriel Lugo!

My name is Gabriel Lugo, and for nearly 15 years, I’ve had…

SPRING 2024 BIRDING TRIP REPORTS

Our birding tours have been running at full speed this spring! Catch…

Tropical Kingbird in Cape May!

Tropical Kingbird has an infamous aversion to New Jersey, but finally Cape…

ZIMBABWE PHOTO SAFARI

If you’ve ever dreamed of photographing big cats, elephants, and birds on…

Aerial Display

Leaping from the top of a tall column. Soaring straight up into…

Backyard Bounty

June brings a bustle of avian activity to my suburban Philadelphia backyard….

Ocean City Summer Spectacle

Ocean City New Jersey is a favorite summer destination for surf, sand,…

“Kamchatka” Common Gull in Connecticut!

Patrick Dugan discovered a stunning adult “Kamchatka” Common Gull on February 10th…