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San Andrés Malecón and beach swimming
San Andrés life centres on the Malecón, the shorefront boulevard of the island's only town, on the north shore. It is an easy place to swim in clear water, eat creole food and stay out for live music and reggae in the evening.
Read MoreAraucana Lodge Gardens, Feeders and Bird Tables
Spend the afternoon and early evening in the lodge gardens, feeders and bird tables, where Southern Lapwing, Eared Dove, Ruddy Ground-dove, Squirrel Cuckoo, Andean Motmot, Red-headed Barbet and Acorn Woodpecker come and go, and a strong hummingbird set works the flowers. It is an easy, relaxed session after a long travel day.
Read MoreLaguna Negra Waterfowl Stop
Make a short stop at Laguna Negra, a high lake that sometimes holds Andean Teal and the Andean form of Ruddy Duck among its quiet water.
Read MoreHacienda El Bosque Hummingbird Garden
Work the active hummingbird garden, where Sword-billed Hummingbird, Tourmaline Sunangel, Sparkling Violetear and White-bellied Woodstar come to the feeders and Masked and White-sided Flowerpiercers join the sugar. Watch the sky for Broad-winged Hawk over the working farmland.
Read MoreRio Blanco Bamboo Patches
Work the bamboo patches above the guest house, a specialism in its own right. The bird here is a quiet, specialist-birders' list: a rich hemispingus set, Plushcap and Yellow-billed Cacique among the bamboo-loving tyrantlets and wrens.
Read MoreRecinto del Pensamiento Lodge Grounds and Premontane Forest
Walk the extensive forest-fringed grounds of Recinto del Pensamiento in the afternoon and evening light, a relaxed introduction to very humid premontane forest. The lodge's on-site bird list runs to 192 species, and the grounds are a low-effort place to pick up quiet forest birds before dinner.
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Birding at Cameguadua Marsh
Work the marsh and its margins for a wetland mix of herons, rails, gallinules, parrotlets and kingfishers, with a strong supporting cast of antshrikes, spinetails, flycatchers, seedeaters and saltators. The open water and reed edges give a distinct change of pace from the forest birding.
Read MoreMorning Birding at Kaukita Dry Forest Reserve
Bird the small tropical dry forest reserve on Pereira's western edge, a patch of dry forest ringed by a residential estate with open grassland and ponds. It is a good place for the first Colombian endemics and dry-country specialities, working the scrub, the grassland and the pond edges in the cooler hours of the morning.
Read MoreKm 18 Farm Feeders Birding
Visit five working farms along the Western Cordillera ridge near Cali, where banana and corn feeders bring Multicolored Tanager and Chestnut Wood-quail to eye level — a genuine paradise for bird photographers amid the cloud forest.
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