THE BIRDERS | A Melodic Journey through Northern Colombia
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- The Birders, a documentary film on Colombian bird diversity and birdwatching presented by ProColombia, with support of FONTUR and directed by Gregg Bleakney.
The film highlights Colombian local birdwatching guide, Diego Calderon-Franco and National Geographic photographer / videographer Keith Ladzinski as they travel through one of the most diverse bird regions in the world to capture new and rare birds that have never been filmed before.
The Birders, also takes people through the Colombian landscape, highlighting several of its’ top locations, culture, birds and music. As well as; Los Flamencos Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, in the Guajira Peninsula. El Dorado Bird Reserve, in the Santa Marta Mountains. Minca and surroundings, in the Santa Marta Mountains. Tayrona National Natural Park and El Chamicero del Perija Bird Reserve, in the Perija Mountains.
The films aims to change the perception of Colombia through showcasing the diversity of birds who live there.
“Birdwatching in Colombia is a real adventure. These guides and biologists are always finding new things”, says director Gregg Bleakney. Diego Calderón agrees, “Being a bird guide in Colombia is absolutely crazy, we are basically living the Victorian times of exploration.
You can choose a remote corner of the country and almost for sure you are going to find surprises: new species, new subspecies, new range extensions. Colombia is a box of surprises!”
Along with the unique birds and exquisite landscape, The Birders incorporates an original score from local musicians inspired by the bird songs found in the film.
Mucho Indio - Teto Ocampo
Teto Ocampo has spent the past 10 years learning to play the Arhuaco people’s ancestral songs. Though his band, Mucho Indio, Teto takes listeners on a cosmic journey through space and time by translating Colombia’s most ancestral melody, the song of the hummingbird, to a modern format. He composed the melody with a rare charu flute, an instrument that only a handful of people on planet have the knowledge to play.
Song name: Kumuchikayu
Sidestepper English musician Richard Blair is most well known as the founding member of Sidestepper, a pioneering Colombian band that has paved the way for a modern generation of Colombian artists who have successfully gone global through mixing local and foreign musical concepts.
Richard’s meditative song was inspired by “mixed migrant flocks", a phenomenon where foreign birds migrate to Colombia’s Caribbean region to live, travel and sing with local groups of birds.
Song name: To Close Your Eyes
Ghetto Kumbé Together with the team of the documentary, Edgardo Garcés travelled to his birthplace of La Guajira to record the song of the Vermilion Cardinal. Edgardo tattooed the bird on his arm to ground himself after the death of his parents. He had never seen the bird in the wild before. The story of this eye-catching bird’s connection to indigenous Wayúu culture is the inspiration for this modern Afro-Colombian electronic song.
Song name: Soy Guajira
Frente Cumbiero Using Colombian Cumbia as its base, Mario Galeano and his band Frente Cumbiero composed a modern take on the classic USA surf songs of the 1960s, but with a birder’s soul. The song draws inspiration from the endemic Santa Marta Parakeet. These social birds
live in flocks on a massive ridgeline overlooking the Caribbean Sea and Magdalena River Valley, the birthplace of Cumbia music.
Song name: Parakeet Ridge
El Leopardo With his band El Leopardo, Daniel Broderick (aka Dani Boom) composed a thumping electronic club song that mirrors the Manakin bird’s slow build-up to a frenetic courtship display. The mechanical clapping sound of the White-bearded Manakin’s wings, recorded by the documentary team in Tayrona National Park, is the foundation of Dani’s composition. The courtship call of the Lance-tailed Manakin provided a secondary melody.
Song name: Manakin Boom
Visit:
www.colombia.travel/birds/
THE BIRDERS DIRECTOR'S STORY
• THE BIRDERS | Director...
THE BIRDERS IN THE AMAZON
• THE BIRDERS | A feathe...
THE BIRDERS IN THE ANDES
• THE BIRDERS | A family...
THE BIRDERS IN THE CARIBBEAN
• THE BIRDERS | Bird tal...
THE BIRDERS IN THE ORINOQUIA
• THE BIRDERS | A winged...
THE BIRDERS IN THE PACIFIC
• THE BIRDERS | A photog...
Book your trip to Colombia with the birdwatching tour operators that helped in the production of the film:
Colombia Birdwatch
www.colombiabirdwatch.com
Manakin Nature Tours Colombia
www.manakinnaturetours.com
Nature Colombia
www.naturecolombia.com
Quetzal Birdwatch
www.quetzalbirdwatch.com
The Colombian Project
www.colombianproject.com
Tayrona Birding
tayronabirding.com
#birds #ornithology #birdwatching
This is the kind of documentaries that should show the channels tv in Colombia, not just series of narcos and violence, because it is a country with amazing biodiversity and many fantastic places to visit for nature lovers and those who want to know the wonders of our country.
tenés TODA la razón Juliana... ya lo pasamos por Telemedellin y pronto por Canal Caracol!!
While watching this awesome documentary these were my thoughts: I want to go there. I have to get there. I will go there!
Hey that's very nice. Bienvenido sea amigo.
@@Victoria-mu6el There are so many reserves to visit in Colombia, you can see a lot of beautiful birds and also help fund their conservation.
MarlaSingersCancer please, could you send me the name of the birds reservations in Colombia 🇨🇴 .? Thank you 😊
The best ones are on the american bird conservancy's website
Did you go yet?
What a beautiful film. The cinematography, the scenery, the animals, the music, the people. Just stunning. Brought tears to my eyes at the thought that we're destroying it all.
glad the film reached you Sylvain! :-)
go vegan for the planet and animals (best thing on average that one can do in the system). Compassion for ALL animals! (I'm a birder / environmentalist / musician, b.t.w.). That is the least we can do, then become an effective activist in any way you can. Start uncomfortable dialogues. Be brave and be the change.
Thank you so much for this hour of happiness. I am a fan of the work of Keith Ladzinski, and I could't believe that he was in my country recording our magical places; as always his work was outstanding. And the other hand I have to say thanks to Diego; in Colombia we have to be very proud of him. He's that kind of mystical guy that could shows the real magic of our country. And there was Teto Ocampo! one of the greatest musicians of my country!. The documentary was awesome!!!
Omar Andrés Cifuentes Gaitán - gracias Omar. Keith and Diego and Teto all put their hearts into this film and it makes us happy to see you recognizing them!
Congratulations Gregg Bleakney for your awesome documentary!. I was reading that your agency have an office in Bogotá, which is great.
GRACIAS Omar!... we all did put all our passion on this project and that transpires and reveals all over the doco... naturally enjoying Colombia while birding and learning from our culture... abrazos!
Omar Andrés Cifuentes Gaitán please, do you know the agency’s name? Thank you
@@derbywinner5423 the agency name is WHERENEXT
Incredible documentary not only of amazing locations and incredible birds but the story that was told was completely unlike other birding type documentary. Most travel documentaries follow the same standard type of set up, but this one was from a perspective of an expert passion filled birder and his newbie cameraman friend. I almost never watch documentaries this long on my computer but well worth it!
Absolutely Nick, and that is what makes THE BIRDERS a completely novel cool approach to natural history documentaries... masterfully directed and created by Gregg Bleakney and his WHERENEXT crew, we show a different Colombia, a different way fo showing natural history of birds to the viewers... glad you liked it mate! 👊
Sin dudas, es un documental increible.
@@BuscandoFauna ¡gracias!
Que previlejio tengo que decir que soy COLOMBIANA. Mi COLOMBIA querida es hermosa y tiene macho mas para descubrir
¡UN PRIVILEGIO sin duda Marlyn! 🙏
I cannot say enough good things about this film!!! I could've watched another hour of footage easy! Thanks to the obviously dedicated team who put this together. Life goal = bird in Colombia!
not a bad goal tho ;-) THANKS for your kind words Carly and glad you enjoyed the film! 👊
Tremendo documental. Nuestros ecosistemas son complejos, diversos, sensibles y únicos. Para nosotros eso está dado por hecho, pero necesitamos conocerlos a fondo, darles su verdadero valor y protegerlos. Gracias por esta hermosa revelación que va más allá de la caracterización de las aves y que abarca su significado, valor y relación con las comunidades nativas. Qué bueno sería que esto se replicará en la Amazonía, en el Pacífico, en los páramos, y en general en todos los ecosistemas que tenemos en este país privilegiado.
gracias por tus palabras Carlos y también dentro de la campaña de The Birders hicimos unos videos cortos regionales que están aquí disponibles en el canal de youtube de Colombia.Travel donde tenemos el docu principal publicado también... velos que te van a gustar! 👊
Felicitaciones Diego y gracias por siempre estar resaltando las riquezas de nuestro país
@@elsaruiz9034 gracias por tus palabras Elsa querida... ¡un abrazo grande pa vos y pa Raúl!
i know is a old video but i can not understand how beatiful is our country thank you diego to show the rest of the world how we are all the birds we have fron de north to the south all beatiful lands we have and when you conected with colture like the wayuu indians is the right place to look for help is the territory they know the best video i ever ever whatch in my life thank you
glad you liked it ! :-)
Amazing Film about the variety of birds in Colombia. Congratulations to Diego Calderon and Keith Ladzinsk, to the director, editors and to all who work in this film to bring to us the gifts of nature, and the beauty of Colombia. Thank you!
THANKS for your ind words....!
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vivo en el país mas biodiverso del planeta. No necesitas adentrarte en la selva o la montaña para ver aves maravillosas, pero si vas allí, tendrás la mejor experiencia de tu vida. Amo mi Colombia, y jamás se me ha pasado por la mente que exista otro país mejor que el mío.!!!
Vive UD en Brasil?
@@MariaRojas-np3si no
@@johannaandreaflorezcastro3461 pues como escribiste que vivías en el país más biodiverso del mundo. Asumí que vivias en Brasil
@@MariaRojas-np3si yo dije que vivo en el país màs biodiverso, porque Colombia tiene tres cordilleras, 2 oceános, la Sierra Nevada a orillas del mar, Los llanos Orientales, la Amazonía entre otras. Brasil es un país muy biodiverso, muy grande y me imagino q maravilloso, porque nunca he estado allí.
Pero, por la ubicación de Colombia y sus pisos térmicos la biodiversidad está presente.
@@johannaandreaflorezcastro3461 pero no es el más biodiverso!! Ese título se lo lleva Brasil
This is one of the things I love about watching about Colombia, it makes me pretty happy, what a wonderful film
glad you liked it Alex! 👊
Hermoso documental, Colombia es muy hermosa
Is the most beautiful country complete paradise. 😻😻😻😻
:-)
Que paso se corto
One of the most beautiful bird production made in Latin America. Key habitats and its key species. This movie represents just the little of the magnificent treasures and jewelrys found in the nature of Colombia. And is just what most Latin American countries has to offer in terms of nature travels.
thanks for your comments JACAMAR CLUB... we should make documentaries like this from ALL OVER the place all over the Neotropics!! ;-) so much to show
What an amazing journey! Love the Lance-tailed Manakin. WTG!!!
Bello documental, gracias por dejarme vivir , ver , oir, respirar la hermosura de mi país .❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Colombia is a treasure to this world.
Hermoso, Colombia esta llena de colores. Beutifull, Colombia is full of colors.
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un documental preciós. gràcies per compartir-lo.
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I love it! Thank you for showing the magic of our beautiful Colombia 🇨🇴
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Possibly the best Birding documentary ever made! It was beautifully photographed and I loved the guide. He was so passionate, knowledgeable and very pleasant to listen to.
thanks Maggie!!! glad you loved the film! ;-)
THis film is so interesting and full of beauty, I want to watch it again with the Columbia Field Guide and identify each bird that is shown. I now dream of visiting northern Columbia!
Colombia*
indeed Aline... you can submit your birds on the eBird website (google ebird win free trip Colombia) and win a free trip here with me guiding ;-) not as long as our cool trip to Guatemela a year ago but what an opportunity! abrazos!!
@@laura1215zelaznog gracias!
Colombia tierra querida.... Orgullosamente Colombiana... Excelente documental... Congratulations guys...
GRACIAS!
Awesome video, I spent two years living in Colombia and had the pleasure of visiting La Guajira and the other departments. Truly a beautiful place
thanks Ryan... good to know you enjoyed our film mate!
Extraordinary. Kidnapping threats kept me away from Columbia and I never thought I'd be tempted to visit. But the best part of this film (besides Diego's smile and the colorful array of birds) was the lack of people! How tempting!
ColOmbia
one of the things we want to change with this film Tanya... old perceptions of the country that are not true anymore and we deserve to be seen by the world! ;-)
@@Jav089 thanks. you're right!
Maravillosa creación con integración de música, pasión, humanidad, vida y color. Excelentes star moments a lo largo de todo el viaje! Inspirador! Felicidades y gracias gracias gracias!
que bueno que te gustó Juan David.. lo hicimos con todo el amor y pasión por Colombia!
Outstanding film; the slow-motion take-off of the birds was thrilling. Perfection.
glad you liked it John... those hummers bathing were amazing!
Beautiful film. I hope we preserve all these natural scenarios and stop deforestation.
hopefully!
This was the best documentary I have seen. LOVED it. So much fun to watch.
THANKS Carol.. glad you liked it !
COLOMBIA ES ÚNICO. ES MARAVILLOSO VER TODA LA VARIEDAD NATURAL QUE TENEMOS. 🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴
🙏 total !!
This is really magical.. beuty... OMG.. how Colombia is blessed by god with all this treusures.. and the history behind the birds with you guys.. relly amazing..
ESPECTÁCULO!!!. No hay otra forma de explicarlo, más somos nosotros mismos que debemos preocuparnos por el cuidado, protección de los ecosistemas y no el gobierno.
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This is absolutely gorgeous. I loved every second, every sound, every adventure. Thank you for capturing and (most importantly) sharing the most perfect orchestra.
that's a beautiful term there Dahiana "The Most Perfect Orchestra"... gracias!!! 🙌
COLOMBIA EN SU MAXIMA EXPRESION! Gracias por mostrarnos EL PORQUE DEBEMOS DEFENDER ESTE TESORO QUE LES PERTENECE A TODOS LOS COLOMBIANOS....ESA BIODIVERSIDAD ±!!!!!
que bueno que te gustó Carmen
Maravilloso. Me emociona ver tanta gente con una especial sensibilidad y entusiasmo.
que bueno que te gustó Paulina 🙏
I love it! Thanks for showing all the beauty of our country, the music was amazing as well. I'm watching you from Germany and your documentary made me miss Colombia like never before. Amazing!!!
que bueno Carolina... que bueno que nuestro docu tenga ese efecto.. un abrazo!
No tienes de casualidad el Playlist del documental? En serio está genial! Saludos desde Frankfurt!
@@dcleguizamon estará disponible pronto pronto!! ;-)
open.spotify.com/album/0X5OYxxJMGCsCKkxVgxeUs
es de resaltar como muestra una Colombia nueva, que re surge de ese pasado de guerra, sencillamente genial.
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You really did something amazing that I thought years ago when I graduated from the University and ended up being an illusion. They did it naturally and organically in the best way !! Bravo!!! Really beautiful! 🙂
gracias Fabio!!!
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Asombroso y enriquecedor, gracias Colombiatravel por mostrarnos la verdadera riqueza que tenemos los Colombianos.
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Such a beautiful soulful documentary!
Gracias!! por darnos la oportunidad de conocer estas maravillas de mi hermosa Colombia. Felicitaciones por este gran trabajo.
que bueno que te gustó Luisa!
que hermoso documental!!! me enamore mas de mi pais.
como no estar enamorao de nuestra Colombia Jaque... un abrazo!
San Rafael, Antioquia, es un pueblo precioso ideal para avistar aves. Además tiene ríos con aguas cristalinas, gente extraordinaria y un clima delicioso. Inclúyanlo en sus planes y enriqueceran sus vidas.
muchas buenas aves en San Rafael... presentamos allá The Birders en mayo pasado... saludos!
Beautiful and brilliantly done. The filming, characters and birds are magnificent. Leaves you wanting to see more.
🙌 gracias!!
Felicitaciones, excelente producción. Muchas gracias por tan grande aporte al aviturismo en Colombia, no tiene precio.
I loved with all my heard and soul,
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Thanks, I took me a while to finish watching but I did. Love the nature of my country, right now in Germany missing the colours, textures, sounds of a wonderful country.
que bueno que te llegó Raul!
"Sem dúvida nem uma,o melhor documentário que já vi de aves." Que trabalho lindo parabéns, e muito obrigado por compartilhar com todos nois! Agradecido! #BRASIL
obriga con vocé pela maravihla do review que faze Herbeson cara...! 👊
No saben ni lo que tienen, cuidenneda belleza, la naturaleza no nos necesita a nuestros lis hermanos, nosotros a ella SI.❤
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I just watched this at the Art Museum in Ibagué. Very cool documentary!
cool... great you liked it!
What a fabulous film ... Well done all involved!! 👏👏👏💚
Qué película tan fabulosa ... ¡¡Bien hecho todos los involucrados !! 👏👏👏💚
THANKS! / ¡GRACIAS!
Simplemente mágico, te amo Colombia ❤
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Wonderful. Great birds and music !
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This was a joy to watch! Tremendous documentation, videography and birds.
🙌 grand you liked it!
Precioso documental. Hermoso mi país y maravilloso el conocimiento de Diego. Mis respetos. Gracias
🙏 gracias por tus palabras
Excelente documental Diegol eres un orgullo para nosotros, un fuerte abrazo.
gracias Mauro hermano... le metimos TODA al docu y quedó hermoso... para TODOS y TODAS!
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Congrats to all that took part in this documentary!!! Beautiful work!!!!!!
Beautiful photography and stories. Thank you!
glad you liked it!
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Gracias por este documental. Necesitamos ver mas programas como este en los canales colombianos!
TOTALMENTE de acuerdo Ernesto!
Privilegios de la Creación.
Colombia !!!!
Stellar, truly stunning work.
glad you liked it !
De los mejores documentales que he visto!! Muchas gracias 💐
que bueno que te gustó Helena
Hermoso documental! Sudamérica es potencia mundial en aves, que está esperando el mundo para venir a verlas?
ya están viniendo Roni, ya están viniendo... ;-)
Amazing work
THANKS!
Excelente trabajo, felicitaciones.
¡gracias!
Te amamos Colombia saludos desde la.honduras Británica 🇭🇳
gracias... saludos!!
Absolutamente hermoso. Gracias por mostrarnos las cosas buenas de nuestro país.
i welcome anyone who would decide to come to our country.... this nature...it is really what we are.... you don´t need to be born here... to feel the connection with our land..... with this immense beauty .... hey guys.....
come see and live it...
Shalom .Thank you. Watching from Australia. 73 Praise the Lord 37.137 Praise the Lord 53.
Fantastic! Great film-work and bird guide skills. Loved it!
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What a great film👍
THANKS!
Went to Colombia in January this year and visited Santa Marta. Still seems like a dream. Would go back to Colombia in a flash, but next on the list is Ecuador. If you get the chance to go then do it!
so many more places around here to explore Graham... come back! ;-)
Amazing documentary, thank you.
Breathtakingly Beautiful Birders' Paradise!!! I enjoyed this very much, thank you for sharing it...
glad you enjoyed it!
i never see all the birds we have on our country the video just take me to be there i live on usa the best thank you
un paraíso tenemos aquí Julio
Gracias por el trabajo documental, la generación de conocimiento para la recuperación, conservación y mejora de la naturaleza en Colombia y el mundo.
tenemos que conocer para conservar... no hay duda!
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Felicitaciones por este excelente documental !!! Esta variedad de aves es un invaluable tesoro de pura naturaleza del norte de Colombia !!! Un verdadero paraiso !!!
gracias @mario y que bueno que te gustó!!
This reminded me of 2 fantastic ornithological expeditions I did in Ecuador to help preserve endemics in the south-west of the country. What a great documentary: full of passion, beauty and art and I hope it reminds people to take care of the planet. We desperately need to help the Earth breathe again and create huge natural carbon sinks and biodiversity again and the best way to do that is to re-gain land back from animal agriculture with shift towards a much more plant-based system. Go vegan is on average the best thing we can do in our system as an individual.
Compassion for ALL animals and nature.
cool Spiral-M... any links from those expeditions we can check out? ... I have a few:
This is a truly exceptional documentary. Just incredible.
thanks Simon mate.. glad you liked it!
!!Naturaleza divina,me conmueven y emocionan,tus colores y sonidos!!🇦🇲
la capacidad de asombro intacta Edith... esa es la clave! abrazos!
Beautiful! What a quality production thank you! And I love the list at the end "Birds in Order of Appearance". So often documentaries about birding don't document the species. It was great fun getting a glimpse of Christian, my guide in Santa Marta!! And yes, his beautiful, mountainside farmhouse was one of the highlights of my trip.
GLAD you liked it Peggy and indeed, Chrsitian is a great chap... he just transferred to PERIJÁ for thistletail reserve and I actually saw him like a couple of weeks ago while on tour there... check it out here: facebook.com/diegocolbirding/posts/10158570203928517
how amazing this video!
Vary well done amazing video love it
THANKS!
Fantastic!
THANKS!
Incredible Film , humbling experience that frames the lack of knowledge and appreciation of Nature
glad you liked it!
Simply wonderful and inspirational.
THANKS!
Thank you so much for this incredible video. My 6 years old child absolutely loves bird watching. We live in England and we get to see few garden and sea birds.However, while watching this video,she now knows where to go next time we visit Colombia. She is feeling more proud of being half Colombian now :-)
eyyy, que belleza escuchar eso Andrea... MUCHOS sitios pa que la hija vea pajaritos por aquí... ¡abrazos!
Hermoso documental, somos muy afortunados en Colombia.
de hecho... ¡somos muy afortunados!
Hermoso documental que me me mostró lo mejor de mi pais'
que bien Juan.. compartilo por todos lados! 🙏
Very well done. Congratulations.
Hermoso documental, se nota el amor y la entrega que tienen al hacer su labor.
gracias Mateo!
Excelente documental
¡gracias!
Congratulations for this film... The best one of this type I've ever seen!
THANKS!
Demasiado bueno e interesante
que bueno que así te pareció 🙏
Increíble, no solo por las aves sino el enfoque musical y cultural apropiado a cada territorio mostrando que cada individuo animal o humano no es indiferente del lugar que habita...
gracias Miguel
Me encanto ojalá más videos así.... Felicitaciones
Very well done, really enjoyed the movie.
Hermoso! Uno de los más bellos documentales que he visto desde hace mucho tiempo. Mil gracias por compartir.
¡que bueno que te gustó!
Most amazing bird video I have seen I think.Well done all involved. Thank you very much!