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Birding Around the Farm

10,000 Birds

Being relatively close to the city is a bit misleading, as this may lead one to think that the area is devoid of life – but let this be a gentle reminder that Guyana is 85% forested! Also an uncommonly seen bird in Guyana, there is only a single record of this species on Trinidad – and that bird was only seen once.

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Rupununi River Cruise

10,000 Birds

Originating from the word “Rapon” which translates to Black-bellied Whistling Duck in the Makushi language, the Rupununi River flows north and then east, where it then joins the mighty Essequibo River that flows northward through the rest of Guyana, ultimately meeting its end at the country’s (only) Atlantic coast.

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Birding Inirida, Colombia, or river dolphins and hoatzins, part 2

10,000 Birds

Because of that, the bird has a manure-like odour and is only hunted by humans for food in times of dire need” [ Source ]. Actually, they are all the same, single rock, the westernmost piece of the Guyana Shield geological formation, carved into two by the river and further rounded by rains.

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