In this episode I talk with Peter Kaestner about birding India and the Taj Mahal – one of the New 7 wonders. We aso talk a fair bit about the Antpitta hunt that Peter did in Peru with Kolibri Expeditions, about eBird and little bit about some great field guides and apps that Peter recommends.
Peter Kaestner is a former peace corps worker and diplomat, who served for extended time in countries like India, Afghanistan, Brazil, Guatemala, Colombia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Namibia and Malaysia. While serving he also worked on his birdlist visiting remote places and seeing many birds. He is now the top eBirder of the world with 9419 species seen.
In 1989, near Bogota, Colombia, where he was a U.S. consular officer, he discovered a species new to science, the Cundinamarca Antpitta (Grallaria kaestneri), which was subsequently named after him.
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Shownotes
Peter leads for for Rockjumper birding tours
Peter reviewed Colombian Field Guides in Birding Magazine (ABA)
Intro Music. “Rondo alla turca, from Sonata K. 331” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and performed by Markus Staab, available under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. This music was used in the promo video for the Bucket List Birding concept on You Tube.
The music at the end is from Bird Party from my band Guran Guran.
Lots of Bucket List Birds in this video.