Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Pike Creek Wildlife Area
August 13, 2010
Photo by Jerry Talkington

Monthly Meeting

Wednesday, September 1, 2010
7:30 p.m.
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
1 Wade Oval, University Circle
Cleveland, Ohio

"Meanderings in Colombia"
Presented by Antonio Salvadori
 

Colombia is one of the countries in the world with the greatest number of bird species. Unfortunately, due to the guerilla war that has been plaguing the country for many years, it has been an 'off limit' country to the birding community. However, in the last couple years the government seems to be getting the upper hand, and it is now 'relatively' safe to explore with a little bit of common sense. In his talk Toni will discuss his January 2010 trip.

With a small group of international birders, he spent a month traveling in Colombia from the Andes to the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, seeing some spectacular and endemic species as well as some of our northern birds on winter vacation. Finally, during the last week, Toni and his Swedish friend, Sam, traveled to the FARC-infested Amazon region of Vaupes. (In 1998 FARC overran the town, killing several hundred people and kidnapping the chief of police, who was successfully found and freed by the army in May 2010.) Under the constant watchful eyes of the police and army, and accompanied by the local indigenous chief, Toni and Sam were able to explore the Mitu area, finding some very interesting birds, including a couple new to the Colombian list.

All are welcome!

Parking in the museum lot will be free.
Bring in your ticket in to the meeting to be stamped

NEW VAN TRIP SCHEDULE FOR 2010!

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