Southwest Colombia Photos
There's a lot of "eye candy" in Southwest Colombia. These photos were taken by Lisa and Li Li (LL), Misty Vaughn (MV), Jerry Johnson (JJ), Laurie Kosmiski (LK), Liza Weissler (LW), Mac Walter (MW), and Wendy Naruo (WN). They're a small sample of the wonders that await you in this scenic and diverse country.
Green-and-Black Fruiteater (WN)
Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (MW)
Long-tailed Sylph (WN)
Clearwing Satyr - Pseudohaetera mimica (MV)
Spectacled Parrotlet (MV)
Andean Emerald (LL)
Pseudoxycheila bipustulata, a striking Andean Carabid (LL)
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like Dona Dora's
The Andes are rich in Ferns (MV)
Birding lodges throughout the Andes are famous for their delicious soups (LL)
Streaked Xenops (LL)
Elleanthus sp. (LL)
Crowned Woodnymph (LL)
Andean Motmot (LL)
Blue-winged Mountain Tanager (MV)
Gray-browed Brush Finch (WN)
Lunch at Osprey Ecolodge
Bronzy Inca (WN)
Acorn Woodpecker is at its southern limit, along with oaks, in Central Colombia (LL)
Andean Cock-of-the Rock (MW)
Empress Brilliant (LL)
Sobralia sp. (LL)
Purplish-mantled Tanager (MW)
Booted Racket-tail (MV)
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (LL)
Southern Emerald Toucanet (MW)
Eumastax sp. (WN)
Black Solitaire (LL)
Scrub Tanager (WN)
Rufous-throated Tanager (LL)
Greenish Puffleg (LL)
San Cipriano Forest
Purple-throated Woodstar (LL)
Orange-breasted Fruiteater (LL)
Araucana Lodge
The rooms at Araucana Lodge are beautiful
Eighty-eight Butterfly (WN)
Flame-rumped Tanager (LL)
Rufous-gaped Hillstar (MW)
Grayish Piculet (MW)
Rose-faced Parrot by Mac Walter
Glistening-green Tanager by Joan Kent
The "Brujita" experience in San Cipriano