COLOMBIA December 2009 |
From Dec 06 to 19, 2009, Sheridan Coffey and myself birded the eastern Andes, north coast, and Santa Marta Mtns of Colombia (for the first leg in the Andes, Dan Peak joined us) using Medellin-based birding guide Pablo Flores Valencia click here to email Pablo.
Three of the 8+ Noble Snipe Gallinago nobilis (plus 3 Wilson's Snipe G. delicata) seen in the gravel pits near Guasca, northeast of Bogota:
NOTE in the image below that the uppertail coverts are somewhat rusty - closer to the color of the tail; this is not the case on Wilson's Snipe: