About Gunnar Engblom

Gunnar Engblom was born in Sweden and lives in Peru. He is a birder, runner, post-punkrocker and blogger and he is especially keen on social media for birders. Gunnar Engblom organizes birding tours in Peru and the Neotropics with Kolibri Expeditions. Gunnar is passionate about new Peru tours that support community based ecotourism and conservation and has initiated several project this way. In October 2010 Gunnar started a multi-author blog - birdingblogs.com - which fast has become one of the most popular blogs for birders.

by Gunnar Engblom April 25, 2009 0

Gunnar’s Twitter Updates for 2009-04-25

RT @jackiewollner: #followfriday for birding: @kolibrix @birdfeeders @ladyhawk @arkansasbirds @birdingbev @birdchick -thanks @jackiewollner #
How reliable is https://friendorfollow.com ? R U not following me @birdchick @aphriza @johnhaydon @birdspot @CH_BirdersWorld @sfraser ??? #
RT @patbumstead: G’day tweeple! #followfriday recom @CH_Birdersworld @smido @Kolibrix @burdr @NestWatch- thanks @patburmstead #
oopos thanks @patbumstead…previous entry mis-spèlt #
Endemic Little Brown Jobs from Central Peru – but great birds https://bit.ly/10ihFM #
RT @joeyjns731: Bell Tower Birding: A Strange Savannah Sparrow https://bit.ly/18KsXO #
In case you did not see! Endemic Little Brown Jobs from Central Peru – but great birds https://bit.ly/10ihFM #
7k easy run this morning with Luciana in jogging stroller. That is a lot of fun! Tomorrow will show if I can do 22k. Lima Marathon May 31! #

by Gunnar Engblom April 24, 2009 4

Endemic Little Brown Jobs in Central Peru

LBJ:s in Peru are pretty

With a Carpish trip just finished as and a Central Peru trip, featuring Carpish and Satipo road starting on May 17, I’d thought I’d tease you with some pics of some of my favorite birds in the region. In spite of not being exactly colorful, they are great birds – just to give you an idea.

Bay-vented Cotinga

Bay-vented Cotinga can usually be seen at Bosque Unchog, where it will sit on the tree-tops.

Taczanowski’s Brush-Finch

Taczanowski’s Brush-Finch, soon to be split from Slaty Brush-Finch of Ecuador, is endemic to Central Peru.

Eye-ringed Thistletail

This is a Thistletail with personallity. A fantastically cool bird found in the bamboo in the upper part of the Satipo road. This is practically the only place where it can be seen.

Obscure Antpitta (Grallaria rufula obscura)

I call him Obcure Antpitta due to its scientific name. It is absolutely clear that this subspecies Grallaria rufula obscura should be split out from Rufous Antpittas. Just listen to these recordings! Obscure Antpitta vs Rufous Antpitta ssp rufula.

The problem is what to do with the other subspecies and define exactly where the limits are. Rufous Antpitta most likely contain up to 7 or 8 species!!

Diademed Sandpiper Plover

Not exactly an endemic (it occurs also in Chile), and a bit too particular to be called a Little Brown Job. This is one of the most wanted birds by the birders that come to Peru. Why? I think the fact that it is something in between a plover and sandpiper, and lives at 4600m above sealevel. How is that for a Shorebird (sic!).

Golden-backed Mountain-Tanager

It can’t be acccused of being a little brown job, but I include it anyway, because it is the most wanted bird on the route. It can be seen at Bosque Unchog. If you are looking for some last minute travelling, the trip starts on May 17. And is offered with a 20% discount.

All photos by Gunnar Engblom under creative commons license. You may use the photos as long as you link to this source. Recordings by Willem-Pier Velinga and Nick Athenas under creative commons license at https://Xeno-canto.org

by Gunnar Engblom April 24, 2009 0

Gunnar’s Twitter Updates for 2009-04-24

Love the google reader blogroll widget´s “Read more”-function. It rolls down all the latest posts in my reader. Try it, https://tr.im/jyli #
RT @johnhaydon: RT @ChrisCree: 8 Commenting Mistakes that Make You Look Like a Spammer https://is.gd/sypD Learnt about gravatar here. thnx! #
RT @MichDdot: [SU] Six Ways You Should Be Using Twitter (that Don't Involve Breakfast) https://bit.ly/UF9TY #
Did a 9K run 45minutes. Got to get my running going. Just signed up for the first official Marathon in Lima May 31st. Can I make Boston? #
RT @rachelbirder: RT @dendroica: RT @BoraZ: Good News for Night Owls: https://tr.im/jzFl #
RT @momcat617: New blog post: Just What Is Birding, Anyways? Good reading to persuade non-birders to become birders https://tr.im/jDnd #
My blog https://tr.im/jDE7 looks nice now in Mozilla Firefox and Chrome. But not in IE7. Half of the right sidebar comes below. Any other? #
RT @guykawasaki: The role of forest fires in global warming. https://adjix.com/56fw #
RT @johnhaydon: RT @GrantGriffiths: Reading: 5 Ways To Import and Promote Your Blog On Facebook https://tinyurl.com/cj6wpl #
RT @MichDdot: [SU] The 7 Golden Rules of Social Media https://bit.ly/7tSOS #
RT @clydeboom: If you’re wondering what #FollowFriday is – Find out how it works here: https://tr.im/jDYB #
#followfriday Altruistic web2.0 gurus @johnhaydon @problogger @guykawasaki @chrisbrogan @Scobleizer @MichDdot #
RT @mossyrock: Bloggers who like to share blogging tips #followfriday: @JesseNewhart @Kolibrix @AmyHale – Thanks @mossyrock #

by Gunnar Engblom April 23, 2009 1

Gunnar’s Twitter Updates for 2009-04-23

Crimson-mantled Woodpecker. Holy Moh, What a pecker! https://tr.im/jtBg #
RT @toddlucier: Excellent post on the power of travel blogging and need to be great in tourism. https://bit.ly/2X4pm via @gowithapurpose #
Earth day was yesterday and fittingly I was birding. Here is a cool earth day cartoon by Finnish cartoon blogger Seppo. https://tr.im/jwio #
Made major clean-up in the design of blog to ease navigation. Comments & suggestions pls. Can you navigate better now? https://tr.im/jy2q #
RT @mashable Was The Pirate Bay Judge Biased? https://bit.ly/jX791 (via @tweetmeme) #
Learnt about sticky posts on wordpress. Not necessarily your latest post must be first. Maybe you have a favorite? https://tr.im/jy6r #
No more blank faces when leaving blog comments. Learning about Gravatars. https://tr.im/jydH AND https://tr.im/jyea #

by Gunnar Engblom April 22, 2009 4

Carpish jewel. What a pecker!

Crimson-mantled Woodpecker

Here is a photo from yesterday in Carpish, taken by our bird guide Juan Jose Chalco digiscoping. What a bird!

Crimson-mantled Woodpecker. Photo: Juan Jose Chalco.

This bird was voted best bird of the day yesterday by the partipants of the Carpish-trip. It is a beauty!

by Gunnar Engblom April 22, 2009 0

Gunnar’s Twitter Updates for 2009-04-22

Bird Quiz. Eastern or Western Willet photographed in Poza Arenillas; Lima, Peru Saturday April 18 https://tinyurl.com/c7t9aq #
Something wrong with my blog or is it just the slow connectioin in Huanuco? https://www.kolibriexpeditions.com/birdingperu/blog #
Hey people! Not a single suggestion so far. Eastern and Western Willets are a future split. Can you seperate them? https://tr.im/jnW0 #
Some more hints. The best Willet identification articles with ID tips from the pros https://tr.im/jo4X #

by Gunnar Engblom April 21, 2009 0

The best Willet identification articles

Willet ID tips from the pros.

It was difficult wasn’t it to identify my willets yesterday?
Alright! I give you some hints. Here are the best identification articles for Willet subspecies. You ought to pay more attention to these since they are bound to be split very soon.

First of all the article in Birding of June 2006. This gives most the background.
Cin-Ty Lee has additional notes and photos.
When you feel you have mastered all this. Listen to the discussion between the experts on the Oceanwanderers web-page of a particular difficult adult individual on June 27, on Lake Ontario.

So, now people….no problems with my birds from yesterday’s post, right.

by Gunnar Engblom April 20, 2009 0

Eastern or Western Willet?

The pelagic was cancelled last Saturday, so instead we started the morning at Pozo Arenillas at La Punta.

I got some pics of Willets. Since they are likely in for a split. I would like to invite the readers of this blog to help me identify them. Of great use is “The Shorebird Guide” by Michael O’Brian, Richard Crossley and Kevin Karlson.

I could do it myself but leaving for Huanuco in 10 minutes, so I’d thought I’d send you a quiz – instead of an ordinary blog post.

by Gunnar Engblom April 20, 2009 0

Gunnar’s Twitter Updates for 2009-04-20

RT @ladu: rt @iDesk We have confirmed a hostage situation on board a Canadian Charter plane on the ground at Montego Bay Airport https://www.cnn.com #
RT @Scobleizer: The best SEO/SEM info (crowd sourced) https://ff.im/2emkq #
How to demonstrate Twitter (via @guykawasaki) https://tr.im/jf9s #
The ultimate wordpress tutorial collection https://tr.im/jfa4 (it is a RT from someone, but I lost whom – send a DM and I will credit!) #
RT @guykawasaki: Feeling Twippy: 25 Similarities between Twitter and LSD https://adjix.com/ktcv hahaha! #
Finally got WordPress 2.7.1 to my blog. It should not change lay-out any, but give me better controll and possibilities. https://tr.im/jg7M #
RT @CH_BirdersWorld: 159 pictures of N Am birds now in the Birder’s World US &Canada #photo gallery. Please add yours! https://tiny.cc/M8S9Z #
Birding bloggers – give a little bit of link-love to each other. This is how it works: https://tr.im/jbpq #

by Gunnar Engblom April 19, 2009 0

Gunnar’s Twitter Updates for 2009-04-19

What if Ashton Kutcher @aplusk was a conservationist with a million followers? https://tr.im/j9K7 A retweet could make the difference #
and I can’t even spell his name! Definitely not a fan, concept is still important. Conservationists should lobby Twitter-celebs #
Pingback, trackback and backlinks for naturebloggers – Gunnar’s little blog carnival. https://tr.im/jbpq #

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