I’ve been slow in posting the remainder of my trip! Bear with me as I slip in the additional highlights before the end of the year. Read Part 3 here, or start at Part 1! While staying at the Tinamú Birding Reserve, we made several day trips. The first, on January 6th, was to Rio […]
Note: I am thankful and honored to be able to use the photos of a photographer on our trip, Aubrey Nolan. I have watermarked his photos to give him credit. Click on individual photos to enlarge and read captions. After leaving Otún Quimbaya (see Part 2), we traveled through the Caldas Department and outside of […]
From Bogotá (read Part 1), we flew into Pereira and drove country roads through La Suiza village to Otún Quimbaya Flora and Fauna Sanctuary, arriving after dark. Our bird watching days began at 5 am with views of fern trees. Coffee service was left on the veranda, followed by a few hours of craning our […]
Two overseas trips this year—yes, in 2020—have distracted me from writing. So please don’t expect a new novel from me this summer! In January, my husband and I went on our first-ever Audubon Society birding trip to Colombia. The trip was arranged by Audubon Society Northern Virginia. A local birding expert—Alejandro Nagy with Holbrook Travel—guided […]