Photo Galleries: Eastern Venezuela 2008 Photo Gallery David Ascanio

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Eastern Venezuela: Rainforests, Tepuis & the Grand Savanna

David-ascanio

Our 2008 Eastern Venezuela tour began with a visit to El Avila National Park, where we had a good introduction to the avifauna of the Tropics, and enjoyed views of several tyrant-flycatchers, tanagers, and a few hummingbirds. The day after, we took a flight over the vast llanos (plains) and landed in Puerto Ordaz, a city located at the south side of the Orinoco. Here, we started a drive that took us across tropical and premontane grasslands, wetlands, and an impressive assortment of forest ty... Read More