Birding in the Colombian Amazon

The Amazon has many colorful birds, as well as many endemics – birds unique to that habitat. On a birding trip into a remote area of the Colombian Amazon with a guide and a few other birders, Gerry Hoekstra was able to see and photograph many of them. In this presentation Gerry will describe the trip and, through the use of his own photos, reveal the varied birdlife of the area.

Gerald Hoekstra is a resident of Northfield. Before retiring to a life of birding and photography, he was Professor of Music at St. Olaf College. As a photographer, he focuses primarily on wildlife, especially birds and insects, but also landscapes and architecture. Hoekstra has birded and photographed wildlife in South America, Central America, Europe, and South Africa, as well as throughout the U.S. and Canada. His photographs appear in Bob Janssen's Birds in Minnesota, Kim Eckert's A Birders' Guide to Minnesota, The Hummingbird Handbook, and the recently released monumental volume The Breeding Birds of Minnesota (U. of MN Press), as well as in several birding apps. They can often be seen on the home page of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (moumn.org) and in Minnesota Birding, the newsletter of the MOU.

Gerald's exhibit will run from August 4-18.

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