Birding in Meta, Colombia for the Global Big Day 2022
Our host headed to Mesetas in Colombia’s Meta department for the 2022 Global Big Day. Beyond birds, he found a passionate local birding community, committed to bringing bird tourism to their beautiful region.
Mission: Yellow-breasted Crake
The Yellow-breasted Crake is a tiny and rarely seen crake species with just a dozen eBird records in Colombia. Our host Chris visited his favorite region of Colombia in search of this enigmatic species.
The Magic of Birding in Casanare, Colombia
Of all the 32 departments of Colombia, the Eastern Plains region of Casanare doesn’t score that highly in endemic bird species or bird numbers. Yet, it’s our host’s favorite region of the country for birding. Find out why in our new blog.
How to Prepare for a Birding Trip to Colombia
Our host, Chris is an avid Colombia explorer who has birded in every one of the country’s 32 departments. Here are his top tips on how to prepare for a birding trip to Colombia.
La Macarena, Colombia just held its first Bird Festival
Our host, Chris, was invited to give a conference at the first-ever bird festival in La Macarena, Colombia. He found a passionate community of aspiring young birders, a remarkable array of habitats and ecosystems, and a few lifers.
Birding in Bogota: The Botanical Garden
The Birders Show host, Chris, takes us through his favorite urban birding location in the Colombian capital of Bogotá, the José Celestino Mutis Botanical Gardens.
Birding Mexico: In Search of the King Vulture
The Birders Show host, Chris, explores the jungles of the southern Yucatan in the Ejido Nuevo Becal in search of King Vultures, antswarms, and a host of rare and endangered birds and mammals.
How to Prepare for a Birding Trip to a New Location
Visiting a brand-new birding location can sometimes be overwhelming. In this blog, Chris goes over some simple tips on how to prepare for a birding trip to a new location.
Birding Bocas del Toro: Failed Pranks and Three-wattled Bellbirds
During our recent shoot in Bocas del Toro, Panama, for The Birders Show, a prank attempt resulted in our host, Chris's best bird of the trip. Read on for the full story of how he finally got his first bellbird.
Birds of Colombia: Horned Lark
The Birders Show host, Chris visits one of the last remaining strongholds of the Colombian Horned Lark - an endemic subspecies - and wonders how habitat and taxonomy may impact the conservation of this sadly endangered population.
Global Optics Company Kowa Partners With The Birders Show
The Birders Show and Kowa have joined forces to make birding more accessible to people around the world.
Birding in Colombia: Black-and-chestnut Eagle
Join The Birders Show host, Chris on an Andean birding adventure to the nest of the endangered Black-and-chestnut Eagle, one of the rarest birds of prey in the Americas.
Birding Costa Rica: Irazú Volcano
A trip to Irazú Volcano leads to excellent encounters with some of Central America’s rarest and most range-restricted species, in the eighth installment of Chris’s Costa Rica birding diary.
Birding Costa Rica: Snowcaps and Ground-Sparrows
In Part Seven of Chris’s Costa Rica birding adventure, he finally gets to see the magical male Snowcap hummingbird and dips on an endemic Ground-Sparrow (for now!).
Birding in Colombia: Doña Dora, Cali
If you’re looking for an excellent birding spot in southern Colombia, then look no further than ‘Avistamiento de Aves Doña Dora,’ a wonderful observatory just 90 minutes from downtown Cali.
Birding Costa Rica: Parrots and Hummingbirds at Rancho Naturalista
Chris’s Costa Rica birding sojourn continues with a much-anticipated visit to the famous Rancho Naturalista Lodge.
Urban Birding in Mexico City
Join Chris on an urban birding adventure in Mexico City’s sprawling Bosque de Chapultepec Park.
Birding in Colombia: Chicaque Natural Park
In this series for The Birders Show blog, Chris takes us to his favorite birding locations in Colombia. First up: Chicaque Natural Park near Bogotá.
Birding Costa Rica: Caño Negro and La Selva feat. a long drive
In Part Five of Chris’s Costa Rica birding diary, the birding gods smile on the group with a mind-blowing morning’s birding at Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge, and a surprise stopover at one of the most iconic birding locations in Central America leads to even more lifers.
Birding Costa Rica: Palo Verde and Medio Queso Wetland
In Part Four of our Costa Rica birding diary, Chris takes us to the Pacific Dry Forest and on to Medio Queso Wetland.