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Monthly Archives: January 2016
Ducks, Rio Grande del Norte NM, New Mexico
Yesterday, Jan. 15, 2016 (although my watermarks incorrectly state 2015), I made my first visit of the winter to the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument stretch of the Rio Grande, also known as the Orilla Verde (“Green Banks”) stretch. On the … Continue reading
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Tagged Birding, Rio Grande del Norte National Monument
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River Safety for Magnificent 7, Sept. 2015
In Sept. of this last year, New Wave Rafting Co. provided river safety services for the remake of the film “The Magnificent Seven”, starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke. The location was the Rio Chama below Abiquiu Dam, a spot … Continue reading
Peru, Lima 11/5-6/15
We had spent no time in Lima upon our arrival. Now, we were going to spend the night in Miraflores, the nicest district of the city. We had made reservations for the Hotel Antigua, and this is the reason why: … Continue reading
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Tagged Antonio cisneros, antonio raimondi, Brugmansia, gladiola, hotel angtigua miraflores peru, john f kennedy park miraflores peru, lima peru, long-tailed mockingbird, Miraflores peru, ovalo bolognesi miraflores peru, park of love miraflores peru, peruvian trumpet, pisco, rosa nautica miraflores peru, vermilion flycatcher
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Peru, PumaRinri Lodge 11/3-5/15
We drove to Tarapoto, and then about a half-hour further east, to the PumaRinri Lodge (#8 on map below), elevation 804′. The lodge sits on a steep hillside above the Huallaga River. Now we were in the real Amazon lowland rainforest … Continue reading
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Tagged butterfly, cashapona tree, chestnut-eared aracari, coca, Fork-tailed Woodnymph hummingbird, Gray-breasted Saberwing hummingbird, heliconia, hoatzin, lizard, masked tityra, morpho butterfly, narcoeconomy, narcotrafficking, palm tanager, philodendron, poison dart frogs, red-capped cardinal, Rio Huallaga peru, Rio Mayo peru, ruddy ground dove, social flycatcher, tarapoto peru, thatch, tilapia, yellow-headed caracara
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Peru, Moyobamba 11/2-3/15
Moyobamba (#7 on map below), at an elevation of 2877′, is called the Orchid Capital of Peru, and Waqanki Orchid Gardens is the place to go when there. Waqanki also has hummingbird feeders and hummingbirds. As though by design, Waqanki is … Continue reading
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Tagged blue-gray tanager, casa de seizo, cornell lab of ornithology, flowers, Fork-tailed Woodnymph hummingbird, Golden-tailed Sapphire hummingbird, Gray-breasted Saberwing hummingbird, magpie tanager, Many-spotted hummingbird, Moyobamba peru, orchid, oropendola, pale-legger hornero, PumaRinri Lodge peru, Rufous-crested Coquette hummingbird, sam mateo banos termales, social flycatcher, speckled chachalaca, tarapoto peru, tilapia, white-necked jacobin hummingbird
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Peru, Hummingbirds at Huembo, 11/2/15
We hired a taxi for our trip to Moyobamba (#7 on map below). This was an affordable and convenient option because there were four of us to split the cost. Two miles back down to the Rio Utcubamba valley, and we … Continue reading
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Tagged abra patricia peru, alto mayo peru, Bagua Chica peru, Chestnut-breasted coronet hummingbird, Gocta, huembo reserva peru, laguna 69 peru, lake pomococha peru, marvelous spatuletail humminbird, Moyobamba peru, owlet lodge peru, Pedro Ruiz peru, polylepis tree, purple-throated sunangel hummingbird, quetzal, rainbow starfrontlet hummingbird, rio utcubamba peru, sparkling violetear hummingbird, waqanki peru, white-bellied hummingbird
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Peru, the ruins of Kuelap, 10/30/2015
We left the Gocta Andes Lodge at 9 AM for a full-day tour to the ruins of Kuelap (#2 on map below) and the small city of Chachapoyas. We back-tracked down to the Rio Utcubamba valley, and then drove south and upstream, … Continue reading
Peru, the Catarata de Gocta (Gocta waterfall), 10/29-11/1/2015
We had just finished a 29-day raft trip on the Rio Marañon, followed by a day and a half of gear clean-up. Having anticipated that we would be ready for a change after the conclusion of our raft trip, we had … Continue reading
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Tagged alpaca, Bagua Chica peru, bougainvillea, Chachapoyas peru, cocachimba peru, dusky-green oropendola, eucalyptus, gocta andes lodge, Gocta peru, heliconia, infinity pool, Kuelap peru, lonely planet guide, northern highlands peru, orchid, pale-edged flycatcher, Pedro Ruiz peru, pisco, pisco sour, plateau, rio utcubamba peru, rufous-collared sparrow, sparkling violetear hummingbird, waterfall, white-bellied hummingbird, white-bellied woodnymph hummingbird
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Peru, the Rio Marañon. Day 29, 10/27/15
On the morning of Oct. 27, 2015 (Day 29), we had hardly a quarter-mile to go to the take-out, on river right at K. 619. We had done 385 miles on the Rio Marañon. But the original itinerary had us finishing at … Continue reading
