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Continuing to write on "Sparkbirds of the World".
Does anyone have a sparkbird they only read about? For me, it was the Puffin. I was 9 when I read Enid Blyton's Sea of Adventure. It would take some 17 years before I saw my first Puffins in Runde, Norway.
I can't remember the plot, but I do remember Huffin and Puffin. Anyone, else?
New itinerary up on the website. Essential Madagascar.
Departures Nov 2022 and 2023. https://7wondersbirding.com/essential-birding-madagascar/
Photo: Helmet Vanga. Ken Behrens.
What a fantastic first day in Spain. Andujar Mountains delivered. This young male Iberian Lynx immediately at close range filmed with the phone.
Also Spanish Imperial Eagle and a bunch of other birds.
Episode 3 of Pod with
James Wolstencroft has been published. Check it out where you get your podcasts.
James lived in Tanzania for many years and guides for Wings & Eagle Eye Tours. Recently he has collected data about how COVID has affected ecotourism initiatives with bird and habitat conservation around the world with an idea to publish this information. Shownotes can be found at https://7wondersbirding.com/james-wolstencroft-bucket-list-tanzania-spain-and-peru/
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Listen to the Bucket List Birding Pod conversation I had with Peter Kaestner - the number one eBirder of the world. Although, an extreme lister, he also has many stories about bucket list destinations and special memories from trips.
We talk about India and Taj Mahal, about Peru, about ebird and Merlin, and a fair bit about Antpittas - a group of birds very close to Peter's heart.
Here is a Ayacucho Antpitta - photographed on the expeditions we did together in July 2021.
https://anchor.fm/gunnar-engblom/episodes/Peter-Kaestner---The-number-one-eBirder-of-the-World-e1c5cjj
I just published the first episode of the Bucket List Birding podcast with Nigel Marven as our first guest. Here's a show-note page with videos to illustrate interview, as well as how to access the podcast from the most important podcast platforms.
Check it out.
https://7wondersbirding.com/nigel-marven/
and please leave a comment and consider subscribing.
More is in the pipeline.
Nigel Marven tells bird and wildlife stories from around the world. Apart from Andean C**k of the Rock, Marvelous Spatuletail, and Andean Condor in Peru, NIgel Marven reveals his top three Natural History Bucket List experiences.
From our newsletter just published:
https://archive.aweber.com/awlist5245228/9n3rU
Peru is the safest country in Latin America (together with Dominican Republic and Bolivia), according to the US Center for Disease Control. Formerly, Peru was on Level 3 (High Risk) and has been downlisted to Level 2 (Moderate Risk). If you are vaccinated, you should have very little to worry about if you come to Peru, especially as social distancing and use of masks are still obligatory here. Check out this graph from today below with average daily values (over 7 days) of new COVID cases per 100 000 inhabitants. Where would you rather be?
Certainly a species for the bucket list.
There is a Harpy Eagle staked out on Manu road.
We can set up short a five day tour on Manu road on short notice. There is also a schedule confirmed tour in the end of November which you can join.
Photo. Vlad Sladariu - last week
COVID SAFE BIRDING IN SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER?
Where do you want to go birding?
We are adapting the 7 Wonders Birding offerings for late September-October to a destination with little travel restrictions, as I also have time and opportunity for guiding outside of the Neotropics. Main 7WB guide Gunnar Engblom will be in Europe anyway (running Berlin Marathon) and could easily reach Africa from there.
Would you be interested in a small group tour of 7-14 days with Gunnar Engblom to either of these places, COVID permitting? Most, if not all, are open for vaccinated US travellers without quarantine.
✅ Southern Spain - Iberian Lynx. This one is scheduled and would run with two people.
✅ Namibia - Search for Pangolin, Cheetah and Black Rhino.
✅ Uganda - Shoebill, Gorilla and Chimps
✅ Tanzania - climbing (including summiting) and birding Kilimanjaro
✅ Tanzania - Safari including Serengeti and Ngorongoro.
All, but Namibia and parts of Tanzania, have itineraries already on the website. Namibia and Tanzania programs will soon be added.
Let me know which you are most interested and we will try to get a group together!😘😘😘
If you want to go to Peru, now we are enjoying the lowest COVID levels since the onstart of the pandemic. No quarantine needed.
Which is missing from the Bucket List Birding Podcast Logo?
✅ Resplendent Quetzal
✅ Marvelous Spatuletail
✅ Spoon-billed Sandpiper
✅ Andean C**k of the Rock
✅ Gurney's Pitta
✅ Wilson's BoP
✅ Southern Cassowary
17 year old birder Zafeer A. Shaikh from Pakistan has made a great job with the design.
Plainswanderer released!
Plains-wanderer is a unique and threatened bird in its own family. We make a shot to see it during our short extension after our Tasmania program.
A new blogpost on birding the 7 Wonders Birding.
This time: How to bird the pyramids of Egypt.
https://7wondersbirding.com/birding-giza-pyramids-egypt/
Let me know what you think!
If you have any Egypt pictures or video for the forthcoming vlog, please let me know, I'd be much grateful.
I am preparing for my podcast - The Bucket List Birding podcast. Apart from the regular podcast, I plan also to release it on YouTube and make a blog post.
For the latter two, images and video are needed. Right now I am looking for material from Egypt. Have you birded Egypt? Do you have any good images or video clips that you allow me to use (credited of course with links to your site)?
Here are a few pics with Creative Commons licence from the internet that I may use - or not - depending what I can get from you and my Facebook crowd-source community. Thanks in advance!
Our Alhambra and Iberian Lynx tour in May is cancelled, alas. But guess what. We shall run it in early OCTOBER instead. The Lynxes have had a good spring and many young. We shall be able to spot females with rather large cubs in October when the temperature of southern Spain is much more agreeable.
It is also an extremely good short tour for raptors.
Additionally, we visit the serene and magically beautiful Alhambra and the sumptuous Mosque of Cordoba on this 6 day tour, filled with birds, wildlife, and Spanish/Moorish culture and food.
For those with more time we offer a pre-tour to the raptor migration of Tarifa, the Bald Ibis reintroduction program, Little and Great Bustard and many more.
Four flightless bird families represented in this humorous reposted from The AUK-Ward FB group. Which have you seen?
FB suggested I ask for reviews. So please go ahead. If you still haven't traveled with 7WB or with Kolibri Expeditions - you can still leave your thoughts about the concept.
Travel to Peru to observe the majestic condor up close. 🦅🚶♂️
Yes, up close 🦅🚶♂️, with 7WB.
See our scheduled trips or write to us for information by clicking HERE: https://7wondersbirding.com/
THE BUCKET LIST BIRDING PODCAST.
Having done a series of vlogs that last 12 months, I am going to take the plunge and produce a podcast. I have set a date for launch to April 23 and am preparing material at this moment. Three episodes will be published at once in order to get the best immediate response.
Below are some of the topics I will cover in the next 25 episodes or so!
* Bucket List Birding Destinations
* Bucket List mammals
* Big Cats
* Birding birding by bird families
* Spark-birds around the world
Please share with me your bucket lists, your spark-birds that got you into birding and your stories around these.
There will likely be YouTube versions also of each episode, so anyone wanting to contribute with photos and video (credited) for the upcoming episodes, please let me know.
I AM SCARED TO DEATH.... but I am guessing I will eventually get into it.
Video of Diademed Sandpiper Plover in Lima, Peru.
Yes, you know that you can find a C**k of the Rock in South America. 🌎
7WB can take you there so why wait? ⏳
Visit our site for more information: https://7wondersbirding.com/deluxe-machu-picchu-and-abra-malaga-the-lost-city-of-the-incas-with-endemics-and-condors/
There is nothing better than seeing them
free 🕊
in nature 🌲🌳🌴🌵
with your partner 🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♀️🙋♀️
Visit https://7wondersbirding.com/ for information about our upcoming trips.
Now is the time to travel to all those destinations on your Bucket List 📝!
If you are a birder 🕊🦅🦆🦉and wish to travel with your partner, we have all kinds of goodies for you all to see, enjoy and experience.
For information about our upcoming destinations, visit: https://7wondersbirding.com/
Machu Picchu is welcoming visitors again! 🎉
Don’t miss this Bucket List 📝destination, it is a mix of nature, culture, history, adventure and beautiful arts and crafts.
For information about our trips to Cusco, Peru, visit: https://7wondersbirding.com/deluxe-machu-picchu-and-abra-malaga-the-lost-city-of-the-incas-with-endemics-and-condors/
India is full of colours, and we are not just talking about birds 🦅🦆🦉!
India is full of colourful textiles , handicrafts 🖌️, food 🥘, flowers💐.
Do come and join us for our 2021 trip to India.
You and your partner will find a rainbow of things to see.
For more information, visit: https://7wondersbirding.com/india-tiger-taj-mahal/
Just a short edited vlog from March 14 with notes on the news of flight resuming from Europe (except the UK) and the ending of the quarantine requirement for international arrivals.
Pelagics will run from September 2021
Additionally, a special offer for your 7WB or Kolibri Expeditions trip in 2022-2024.
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What a fantastic first day in Spain. Andujar Mountains delivered. This young male Iberian Lynx immediately at close range filmed with the phone. Also Spanish Imperial Eagle and a bunch of other birds.
June 25. * Berlin Marathon canceled. * Birding New Zealand in five days program uploaded. * How international flights will work when they resume. * The COVID 19 plateau may have been reached in Peru * Opening of Machu Picchu delayed.
Gunnar describes the lockdown in Lima, Peru and sings some lines from his song Birdparty on the way to the Market. Keep safe everyone! If you want to listen to the complete version of the BirdParty song, check out https://guranguran.bandcamp.com/track/bonus-track-birdparty You can also download it for around $1. The money collected from download will be used for the Satipo Road Community Birding Lodge proejct. Read more about the project here: https://kolibriexpeditions.com/blog/birding-lodge-on-satipo-road/ Subscribe to Guran Guran on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/GuranGuran
Another fantastic bird of Hokkaido. Blakiston’s Fish-Owl. The largest owl in the world. It is massive. Here at Yoroushi Onsen where we spent the night. iPhone 6 video. Sign up for our newsletter on the webpage.
Steller’s Eagle in Hokkaido, Japan on the ice pack from 7 Wonders Birdings short Hokkaido tour in 2020. One of the best birding experiences in the world. There were several hundred eagles around the boat. A lot of nice Slaty-backed Gulls too. Video with the iPhone 6. Photography opportunities were amazing. Take only 5 days off from work to join us next year! Tell your friends and Sign up for our newsletter on the webpage.
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