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Green Tours Peru is Reforesting in the Andes Click aquí para la versión en español. Reforestation in the Andes is a crucial conservation activity for both wildlife and humans. At Green Tours we are aware of the fact that many native Andean species are disappearing, approaching the threshold of extintion. Hence, a few months ago, […]
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Bird photo tour to northern Peru This past July 2019 we had our latest bird photo tour to northern Peru. It was a private tour a for Chinese-Canadian couple who were very interested in photographing the Marvelous Spatuletail. Day 1. We started the trip on July 16 in the city of Tarapoto, staying at the […]
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A morning birding at Punta de Tahuishco, Moyobamba Mid-june is the “less warm season” in the city of Moyobamba, the capitol city of the San Martin region, in northeast Peru. Locals said it is cold, and I can understand that, but for people coming from higher elevations, this is just less warm than regular temperatures […]
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Birding in Cajamarca: the Marañon valley Versión es español aquí. Finally, this is the last post about “Birding in Cajamarca”. This time we are going to leave the Cajamarca valley to go east towards the Río Marañon valley. The Marañon valley runs along the limits between the regions of Cajamarca and Amazonas. This is […]
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Birding in Cajamarca: birding above 3,000 meters Versión es español aquí. This is the third post about birding in Cajamarca. This time we will explore the mountains above 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) around the Cajamarca valley. Above 3,000 meters the vegetation is largely dominated by Andean grassland (mostly Calamagrostis sp.), temperatures are cold, the […]
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Birding in Cajamarca: the Cajamarca valley This is the second entry of the series “Birding in Cajamarca”. In this occasion, I will focus on the valley that surrounds the capitol city of the region: the Cajamarca valley. The city of Cajamarca is located in the middle of a fertile valley, mostly devoted to grazzing cattle. […]
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Birding in Cajamarca: the western slope of the Andes Spanish version here. The Cajamarca department is located in the northern Peruvian Andes, bordering with Ecuador. In Cajamarca, the Andean mountains can reach elevations as high as 4,200 meters, and as low as 400 meters in the western slope. This wide elevational range means a set of […]
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Black-necked Woodpecker Our Bird of the Month comes a bit late this year, but we end up choosing a great bird. This month featured bird is the Peruvian endemic Black-necked Woodpecker (Colaptes atricollis). This is a medium-size woodpecker that inhabits the Peruvian Pacific slope of the Andes and the dry Marañon valley. Adult birds have grey […]
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The APTAE – Promperu birding fam trip This last November 2018, we had the latest of the yearly birding familiarization trips that APTAE (The Peruvian Association for Adventure and Ecotourism) and Promperu (Peruvian Tourism Board) organize for birding tour operators and journalist from USA, Canada, and the UK. The goal of these fam trips is […]
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Inca Tern It’s been a long time since our last post, but it is because we were quite busy birding almost all over Peru. Several trips brought several fantastic birds, and it was difficult to choose a bird of the month for December. After looking to some of my recent pictures, I came over a […]
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