The Cotingas

When friends and family say "What do you do on these birding trips?", the simplest answer may be to show them a page of Cotingas--birds that have such spectacularly varied plumages, adornments, behaviors, and vocalizations that some say they're as riveting to watch as New Guinea's birds-of-paradise. Welcome to the latest <a href="https://fieldguides.smugmug.com/SHOWS/Birds-of-a-Feather/" target="_blank"><span class="slideshow_tourlink3"><b>BIRDS OF A FEATHER</b></span></a>, by the way. We hope you enjoy this New World adventure, full of memories (and notions for the future!). Photo by guide Tom Johnson.

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When friends and family say "What do you do on these birding trips?", the simplest answer may be to show them a page of Cotingas--birds that have such spectacularly varied plumages, adornments, behaviors, and vocalizations that some say they're as riveting to watch as New Guinea's birds-of-paradise. Welcome to the latest BIRDS OF A FEATHER, by the way. We hope you enjoy this New World adventure, full of memories (and notions for the future!). Photo by guide Tom Johnson.

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