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You are either checking out this page because you want to know more about me and Kolibri Expeditions - or you subscribed to my newsletter and I directed you here. In both cases, thanks for checking in! I'll take the opportunity to make an introduction of myself and my company Kolibri Expeditions.
Who is Gunnar?
Birder, biologist, runner, former punkrock sing/song-writer, daddy, husband and owner, manager and guide of Kolibri Expeditions based in Lima, Peru - that is me in a nutshell. I have been living in Lima since 1998, but was spending several months every year in Peru since 1990, travelling, birding, guiding and surveying Polylepis forests in the High Andes. I am particularly interested in threatened birds and I have conducted surveys for a number of threatened species such as Peruvian Plantcutter, Titicaca Grebe, Golden-backed Mountain-Tanager and White-bellied Cinclodes. I always believed that birding tourism can make a difference to local communiities and inspire to protect the habitat where threatened species are, if the same community recieves some tangible benefit.
Websites:
Kolibri Expeditions bird tour page. The main outlet for birding tours in Peru and elsewhere in South America. There is something for all budgets.
Birding Peru - a portal with birding site info, database for observation, photo pages, etc. The site is connected with the Birding Peru yahoo email group. http://www.birdingperu.com
Birding Peru blog. This is the precursor to the present blog. The activity is now down, but I may use it in a near future again since it is a very good place to share photos and I can upload the photos directly from Picassa.
Limasafaris. A blog where we present some excursions we sometimes organize for a small symbolic cost or much discounted to the local birders and nature lovers in Lima. In Spanish
Incaspiza blog. Once in a while environmental issues are posted here with pictures. All text is in Spanish.
Follow me on Twitter. Also known as micro-blogging.
The most important web-site is where you are at right now...
A birding blog by Gunnar Engblom. It is mostly about Birding in Peru, but there is also stuff from Gunnar's travel, some general birding news - especially on endangered, re-discovered or new bird species and I am sharing the revelation of Social Media for birders as I am learning more about the subject myself.
Birdwatching tour operator based in Lima Peru, with conservation and social development through eco-tourism mission. Arrange birding and nature watching trips all over Peru and elsewhere in South America for all pockets, both group based fixed departures as well as customized trips. Prices are very competitive.
Our mantras:
More Birds!
Why see less - why pay more?
Products:
Birdwatching tours to Peru
Birdwatching tours to South America and elsewhere
Whalewatching
Pelagics
Archeology and Birding
Butterflies - contact us for more information and recommendations.
Orchids - contact us for more information and recommendations.
Mammal watching - primates and cats - expeditions. Contact us for more information
Manu
Machu Picchu
Cusco
Northern Circuit
Satipo road and Carpish
Tumbes
Iquitos
Titicaca and Colca Canyon
And we can certainly also help with non-birding programs as well. That would be the easy part to arrange!
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Gunnar,
I have added you to blogroll on radleyice.com. I have really enjoyed your blog from quite some time. Keep up the great work.
Radd
Gunnar,
Nice top 10. Those are sure to convert non-birders. Here is a blog that you might find entertaining: http://www.snakeadventures.blogspot.com
Robby
Robby, Thanks for the link to your snake page. Fascinating (but a bit creepy) creatures.
Dear Gunnar,
I want to share with you and your flock the news that my latest book "Rosalie Edge, Hawk of Mercy: The Activist Who Saved Nature From The Conservationists" just came out. Know of Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Pennsylvania? Rosalie Edge, the leading conservation hero of her time (1877-1962) founded it. In 1934 she instantly put an end to the horrific annual slaughter of birds of prey that ornithologists and others wouldn't stop. Hawk Mountain turns 75 this September and there is a huge party there to celebrate what some like Roger Tory Peterson considered the birthplace of the environmental movement. The once famous Rosale Edge finished what John Muir started and started what Rachel Carson finished, but was eclipsed by Carson because she died just weeks after Silent Spring's publication. Sad. Edge inspired corrupt and lazy bird protection organizations to unprecedented levels of activism. So What made her do it? Rosalie Edge Hawk of Mercy is a history- mystery in that sense. I am getting my Web2.0 act together after I get back from summer dance camp, but I hope you will check out Hawk of Mercy, and tweet about it in the interim. The story of betrayal and loss is for birders and nonbirders. thanks, Dyana
Gunnar,
Amazing stuff! Some of your photographs are just muah! I take a bow!
I really love your posts...donno how I missed your blog so far...am following it everywhere henceforth...
You get a mention on my travel community too - http://www.beontheroad.com/2009/12/india-travel-community.html
I write a blog on India and its wildlife at http://www.beontheroad.com.
Cheers!
Sankara
Gunnar, your Twitter account is one of the best promotions for Peru I've seen on the web.
A request/call for photos of Birds of the World! The focal points of this Flickr group are birding and bird conservation around the world. http://www.flickr.com/groups/birdsoftheworld
Hey Gunnar,
I just discovered your website a few days ago and I must admit I find it rather interesting. I enjoyed the article about 11 popular birds in Peru, and I would love the opportunity to feature some of your work on my website/blog:
http://intiaperture.blogspot.com
I will of course give credit to the original authors and photographers as is necessary. I look forward to reading more on your website about Peru's diverse birds.
Thanks and regards,
Marco Mendoza Henderson
Hi Marco
Thanks for the comment. Glad you like the site. Feel free to use any of mine
or Alex's photos, but if they are other photographers you best ask them
directly.
I checked your site as well. You got some very nice material about Peru.
Thanks for sharing this.
Hey Gunnar,
I just discovered your website a few days ago and I must admit I find it rather interesting. I enjoyed the article about 11 popular birds in Peru, and I would love the opportunity to feature some of your work on my website/blog:
http://intiaperture.blogspot.com
I will of course give credit to the original authors and photographers as is necessary. I look forward to reading more on your website about Peru's diverse birds.
Thanks and regards,
Marco Mendoza Henderson
Hi Marco
Thanks for the comment. Glad you like the site. Feel free to use any of mine
or Alex's photos, but if they are other photographers you best ask them
directly.
I checked your site as well. You got some very nice material about Peru.
Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks for the quick reply, I look forward to highlighting your article on the top 11 birds of Peru!
Hi Gunnar, Great site and I love the round ups you do of bird blogs and social media networks. I wanted to let you know about a new social networking site for bird enthusiasts - http://www.welovebirds.org. I'm with the Natural Resources Defense Council and we started it along with Cornell Lab of Ornithology just 2 months ago. We just passed 2000 members and we're growing daily. The site is meant to provide a good mix of information and a place for bird lovers to post photos, videos, blogs, questions and interact with each other - and so far it is working. We'd love for you to join and let us know what you think. Best, Susan
Susan
It does look interesting. I'll dig into it deeper when I can free some
time. 2000 in such a short time is great.
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