A birding trip with LEA SCHELLHOUS. October 2023 Lea Schellhous’s first trip to Colombia was a birding adventure in the southern region, which introduced her to the country’s incredible biodiversity. This time, she wanted to head north to explore the rich birdlife of the Santa Marta Mountains and the Caribbean coast. We also added a...Read More

December 2021 Deidre Absjorn returned to Colombia for a second visit, this time to the Mid-Magdalena Valley and Inirida in the far east of the country. She was accompanied by Lisa Wolf, who would provide the best photos of the trip. The journey began in Bogotá, where they visited the outskirts of the Chingaza National...Read More

– English version of our original post in Spanish from our January 2021 expedition Acknowledgments and Introduction This trip and experience would not have been possible without the help of Peter Hobbs, one of the most daring people I’ve ever met. My wife, Viviana Tapasco, provided invaluable accompaniment and assistance. We would not have been...Read More

We were on our way to visit the active Harpy Eagle nest in Vista Hermosa, Meta, for the first time in July of this year, a place that had been completely inaccessible for years due to the control of illegal armed groups and the constant war that had desolated this region of eastern Colombia. Today,...Read More

The #endemic Santa Marta Sabrewing (Campylopterus phainoplepus) is a very rare hummingbird species that has only been encountered a few times. Selva Foundation researchers recently obtained new photographic evidence of the presence of this bird on the southeast slope of Colombia’s Santa Marta Mountains, the only location where the hummingbird can be found. The hummingbird...Read More

A short report about our February-March 2022 26-day birding trip At The Andean Birder, we specialize in creating custom trips. Whether it’s a short trip highlighting the best of a region or a longer trip based on a specific list of species to see. This has been our method of operation since our inception, and...Read More

A new Harpy Eagle active nest was found in Colombia and we organized one of the first birding trips to see this amazing bird in its natural habitat. A birding trip by #TheAndeanBirder. Camilo Orjuela, a talented birder and guide from Colombia’s Meta department, discovered with the invaluable assistance of locals, an active nest of...Read More

Agradecimientos e Introducción Este viaje y experiencia no hubieran sido posibles sin el apoyo de Peter Hobbs, una de las personas con mayor espíritu de aventura que haya conocido. El acompañamiento y ayuda de mi esposa Viviana Tapasco fue incomparable. A la gente de las comunidades indígenas de Monochoa, Amename, Caño Negro en los departamentos...Read More

Facebook Twitter Instagram 2020 was undoubtedly a year of complexities. For those of us who work in the nature tourism industry, it was a year of challenges and reinvention, a year where an appreciation for nature and the great outdoors became more evident than ever. Traditionally, the birding business in Colombia has focused on foreign...Read More

Facebook Twitter Instagram El 2020 fue sin duda un año de complejidades. Para los que laboramos en la industria del turismo de naturaleza, fue un año de retos y reinvenciones, un año donde el aprecio por la naturaleza y el aire libre se hizo más evidente que nunca. Tradicionalmente, el negocio de pajareo en Colombia...Read More