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Twitching Solo: Argentina - August 2012
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My birding, guiding and travel experiences across the globe. Argentina - August 2012. Didn't bother with the cycling gear today. Everything is so dirty in any case, I don't want to get my saddle sores infected any further. The border was a little further away than I had thought. Lots of Brazilian military moving up an around the bridge area - a sure sign of a border nearby. Totty oggling aside, today was going to be about clothes washing, bike maintenance and some rest. Dinner in the hotel for the first ...
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Twitching Solo: October 2013
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My birding, guiding and travel experiences across the globe. Four years ago, I landed in Costa Rica. With liberty to move at will, I set about tackling the difficult and elusive species first, on the assumed basis that the commoner stuff would follow. Spinetails, Woodcreepers, Tyrant flycatchers, other flycatchers, Antbirds, Tapaculos. My introduction was made all the more difficult due to the fact that Argentina is still not in possession of a decent field guide. Variegated Antpitta, Grallaria varia.
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Twitching Solo: Antpittas
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My birding, guiding and travel experiences across the globe. Four years ago, I landed in Costa Rica. With liberty to move at will, I set about tackling the difficult and elusive species first, on the assumed basis that the commoner stuff would follow. Spinetails, Woodcreepers, Tyrant flycatchers, other flycatchers, Antbirds, Tapaculos. My introduction was made all the more difficult due to the fact that Argentina is still not in possession of a decent field guide. Variegated Antpitta, Grallaria varia.