Welcome, to the Avian Wonderland of Northern Colombia! [vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column width="1/2"]As the country with more bird species than any other, Colombia is almost an overstimulation of the senses. Home to an impressive 1900 species of birds, including a phenomenal 89 endemics, the avian richness to...

Vibrant, vast, and prolific. Whether it’s world cup winning football teams, the world’s biggest parties and festivals or the sheer scale of the countries wilderness areas and wildlife, Brazil is a place of immense talent and potential.  From a wildlife perspective Brazil has the largest mammal...

We wanted to look back at ABA Tanzania, the phenomenal group of folks we had, and the amazing things we saw. This was our fourth event with the American Birding Association, our biggest yet, and it was a thrill for all involved. There were a couple of “legs” to this trip: we convened on the lush slopes of Mt....

Madagascar, the world’s fourth largest island, is often described as ‘a laboratory of evolution’; due to it splitting off first from Africa and later India, 135 and 88 million years ago respectively, there was a lot of time for the fauna and flora of the island to evolve in isolation. The resulting variety...

(This blog first appeared on focusingonwildlife.com) Geladas are the sole survivors of a once abundant branch of primates that historically foraged across the grasslands of Africa, the Mediterranean and India. These relics of time gone by now cling to a precarious existence on the sheer cliffs...