Our guide, Daniel Uribe, made this photographic trip truly a special one. I was able to photograph some unique, often colorful, species thanks to his eyesight and knowledge and his contacts with local guides. Colombia has the largest concentration of birds not only in the Americas, but in the world. It is also a very large country in area with a wide assortment of habitats. The three spines of the Andes through the country from south to north contribute to abundant speciation. This was our third trip to the country and our first time to the Amazon basin. The last trip segment was to Mitú in the far SE along the border with Brazil. This is the “white sands” – an artifact of a bygone era in Earth’s geologic history before the Andes formed when this area was the Pacific coast. There is a wealth of species to be found if you are fortunate enough to visit between rains, like we did. What a great trip. We can’t wait to revisit the country.