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Nature Colombia Trip Report Eastern, Central and Western Andes And www.naturecolombia.com EASTERN, CENTRAL AND WESTERN ANDES AND NORTH COAST, INCLUDING SANTA MARTA MOUNTAINS AND GUAJIRA PENINSULA. 12th May – 2nd June 2012 Bearded Helmetcrest, Nevado del Ruiz, 31st May 2012 (Andy Bunting) Nature Colombia Tour Leader: Trevor Ellery Tour Participants Andy Bunting (UK). Simon Colenutt (UK). Andy Deighton (UK) Martin Flack (UK). Ian Merrill (UK). Martin Kennewell (UK/Singapore) Barry Wright (UK) Nature Colombia Trip Report │Eastern, Central and Western Andes and North Coast, Including 2 Santa Marta Mountains and Guajira Peninsula, 2012 The group at El Dorado Lodge. This tour was customized around the wishes of the clients to see as many endemic and specialty species as possible. While many of the group had travelled extensively in South America, only one had visited Colombia previously. The tour was very target focused and this combined with the time of year (very few boreal migrants), did not produce a huge species list. It did however produce a huge number of quality birds. We recorded 48 Colombian endemics, while non endemic highlights included such mouth watering species as Choco Vireo, Tocuyo Sparrow, Bearded Helmetcrest, Colombian Screech Owl, Tanager Finch, Black-fronted Wood Quail, Grey Tinamou, Blackish Rail, Blue-fronted Parrotlet, Noble Snipe, Lanceolated Monklet, Chestnut Piculet, Fulvous-dotted Treerunner, Chestnut-crested Cotinga, Black-backed Antshrike, Rosy- thrush Tanager, Magdalena Antbird, Ochre-breasted Antpitta, Ocellated Tapaculo, Andean Condor, White-capped Tanager, Red-ruffed Fruitcrow, Black Solitaire, Masked Saltator and Indigo Flowerpiercer. We also took time to look at large no of interesting subspecies and enjoyed several memorable mammal experiences. All of the above combined with generally good weather, fantastic scenery and friendly Colombian culture, to produce a very memorable trip. Noble Snipe: Bogota Marshes 12th May 2012. (Trevor Ellery) www.naturecolombia.com Nature Colombia Trip Report │Eastern, Central and Western Andes and North Coast, Including 3 Santa Marta Mountains and Guajira Peninsula, 2012 Noble Snipe: Bogota Marshes 12th May 2012. (Barry Wright) Bogota Rail, Bogota, 12th May 2012 (Ian Merrill) www.naturecolombia.com Nature Colombia Trip Report │Eastern, Central and Western Andes and North Coast, Including 4 Santa Marta Mountains and Guajira Peninsula, 2012 Yellow-hooded Blackbird, Bogota, 12th May 2012 (Andy Deighton) Day 1. 12th May 2012. With the group arriving on an afternoon flight we decide to head straight to the marshes on the edge of Bogota. We were greeted by several Noble Snipe displaying overhead and then located a couple of confiding individuals feeding in the marsh. We followed this with good views of three Bogota Rails including a pair showing down to a few metres. A selection of commoner marshland species including, a single Spot-flanked Gallinule (of the isolated subspecies bogotensis) ware seen, before a quick pre-dusk walk adds the near- endemic Rufous-browed Conebill and a Smoky-brown Woodpecker. Our mammal highlight are several Cavy or Brazilian Guinea Pig, that are seen feeding in the marsh. Chingaza NP, 13th May 2012 (Andy Bunting) www.naturecolombia.com Nature Colombia Trip Report │Eastern, Central and Western Andes and North Coast, Including 5 Santa Marta Mountains and Guajira Peninsula, 2012 Rufous Antpitta, Chingaza NP, 13th May 2012 (Ian Merrill) Black-chested Mountain-Tanager, Chingaza NP, 13th May 2012 (Ian Merrill) www.naturecolombia.com Nature Colombia Trip Report │Eastern, Central and Western Andes and North Coast, Including 6 Santa Marta Mountains and Guajira Peninsula, 2012 Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager, Chingaza NP, 12th May 2012 (Andy Deighton) Brown-breasted Parakeet, Chingaza NP, 12th May 2012 (Martin Flack) www.naturecolombia.com Nature Colombia Trip Report │Eastern, Central and Western Andes and North Coast, Including 7 Santa Marta Mountains and Guajira Peninsula, 2012 Black-billed Mountain Toucan, Chingaza NP, 12th May 2012 (Andy Deighton) Masked Trogon, Chingaza NP, 13th May 2012 (Andy Bunting) www.naturecolombia.com Nature Colombia Trip Report │Eastern, Central and Western Andes and North Coast, Including 8 Santa Marta Mountains and Guajira Peninsula, 2012 Day 2. 13th May 2012 We have a very early start and head up to Chingaza NP. We are briefly halted by a fallen tree across the road, however the local chainsaw man is soon on site and we are rapidly on our way again. Our initial stop is shrouded in mist so we head up into the higher forest where we quickly locate Pale-bellied Tapaculo and a nice pair of Ruofus Antpittas (of the vocally distinct but un- described local subspecies). We spend much of the day birding the temperate forest and paramo edge and locate several mixed flocks. These hold three species of hemispingus (including good looks at several Black-headed), three species of conebill and three species of brush-finch (including nice close up looks at the attractive Pale-naped). Skulkers included Ash-coloured Tapaculo, White-browed Spinetail and White-chinned Thistletail, while other highlights include an Amethyst-throated Sunangel (of the clarisse subspecies which some authors treat as a full species, Longuemare’s Sunangel), a small group of Black-collared Jays and good looks at a number of confiding Andean Guans along the roadside. In the late afternoon we screech to a halt for a pair of Black-chested Mountain- tanagers (our fourth species of mountain-tanager seen during the day). These prove quite obliging. We then return to lower elevations where we are able to enjoy a group of the endemic Brown-breasted Parakeets which briefly perch close by. The final highlight of the day is a colourful Black-billed Mountain Toucan. Apolinar’s Wren, La Florida, Bogota, 14th May 2012 (Ian Merrill) www.naturecolombia.com Nature Colombia Trip Report │Eastern, Central and Western Andes and North Coast, Including 9 Santa Marta Mountains and Guajira Peninsula, 2012 Subtropical Doradito, Parque La Florida, Bogota, 14th May 2012 (Ian Merrill) Tocuyo Sparrow, La Guajira, 14th May 2012 (Ian Merrill) www.naturecolombia.com Nature Colombia Trip Report │Eastern, Central and Western Andes and North Coast, Including 10 Santa Marta Mountains and Guajira Peninsula, 2012 Tocuyo Sparrow, La Guajira, 14th May 2012 (Andy Bunting) Buffy Hummingbird, La Guajira, May 2012 (Andy Bunting) Pearly-vented Tody Tyrant, La Guajira, 14th May 2012, (Andy Deighton) www.naturecolombia.com Nature Colombia Trip Report │Eastern, Central and Western Andes and North Coast, Including 11 Santa Marta Mountains and Guajira Peninsula, 2012 Black-crested Antshrike, La Guajira 14th May 2012 (Andy Bunting) Double-striped Thickknee, La Guajira 14th May 2012 (Barry Wright) www.naturecolombia.com Nature Colombia Trip Report │Eastern, Central and Western Andes and North Coast, Including 12 Santa Marta Mountains and Guajira Peninsula, 2012 Double-striped Thickknee, La Guajira, 14th May 2012 (Andy Deighton) Day 3. 14th May 2012. We start the morning with our second visit to the marshes near Bogota. Here we quickly locate a couple of Apolinar’s Wren and a Subtropical Doradito. We follow this up with a pair of the endemic Silvery-throated Spinetail, which show well. By mid-morning it is time to head to the airport for a flight to Rioacha on the north coast and by the mid-afternoon we are birding in the semi-desert scrub of the Guajira peninsula. We quickly locate a Tocuyo Sparrow and are to enjoy excellent views of a couple of birds as they feed in the low scrub. Further excitement comes in the form of several handsome White-whiskered Spinetails while other species noted included, Black-crested Antshrike, White-fringed Antwren, Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant, Pileated Finch and a vocal Pale-tipped Inezia. We also enjoy good views of Buffy Hummingbird, Red-billed Emerald and Ruby Topaz, while a few late northward bound migrants include a vocalizing empidomax which is identified as Willow Flycatcher and a female American Redstart. We finish the day watching a pair of very confiding Double-striped Thick-knee’s which may have a nest nearby, whilst around 50 Lesser Nighthawk forage over the desert scrub. www.naturecolombia.com Nature Colombia Trip Report │Eastern, Central and Western Andes and North Coast, Including 13 Santa Marta Mountains and Guajira Peninsula, 2012 Vermilion Cardinal, La Guajira, 15th May 2012 (Ian Merrill) Chestnut Piculet, La Guajira, 15th May 2012 (Andy Deighton) www.naturecolombia.com Nature Colombia Trip Report │Eastern, Central and Western Andes and North Coast, Including 14 Santa Marta Mountains and Guajira Peninsula, 2012 Russet-throated Puffbird, La Guajira, 15th May 2012 (Andy Bunting). Russet-throated Puffbird, La Guajira, 15th May 2012 (Andy Deighton) www.naturecolombia.com Nature Colombia Trip Report │Eastern, Central and Western Andes and North Coast, Including 15 Santa Marta Mountains and Guajira Peninsula, 2012 White-whiskered Spinetail, La Guajira, 15th May 2012 (Andy Bunting) Ferruginous Pygmy Owl, La Guajira 15th May 2012 (Andy Bunting) www.naturecolombia.com Nature Colombia Trip Report │Eastern, Central and Western Andes and North Coast, Including 16 Santa Marta Mountains and Guajira Peninsula, 2012 Green-rumped Parrotlet: La Guajira, 15th May 2012 (Trevor Ellery) Straight-billed Woodcreeper, La Guajira 15th May 2012 (Andy Bunting) www.naturecolombia.com Nature Colombia Trip Report │Eastern, Central and Western Andes and North Coast, Including 17 Santa Marta Mountains and Guajira Peninsula, 2012 Lesser-yellow-headed Vulture,
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