Blue-bearded Helmetcrest Hummingbird Expedition

Blue-bearded Helmetcrest Hummingbird Expedition - Day 1

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Come with me on my journey to photograph the rare Blue-bearded Helmetcrest hummingbird, a critically endangered species. This bird lives at an altitude of 10,000 feet in an area accessible only on foot. Our five-day expedition took us to the páramo high in the Santa Marta Mountains of northern Colombia. Less than one hundred people alive today have ever seen this hummingbird. This episode takes us from the town of San Pedro, Colombia to the first campsite.
My name is Carole Turek and I am on a quest to photograph every single hummingbird species on the planet! There are over 350 types and I currently have photographed more than 150 of them.
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@knottybead4871 10 ай бұрын

I’m at a loss for words. Such a thrill for you.

@jadesa675 4 жыл бұрын

What an amazing experience to witness! Thank you so much for sharing your journey! Can’t wait to see more!

@HummingbirdSpot 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I have done trips to Costa Rica, Ecuador and Peru also and I have wonderful stories to tell about those hummingbirds. Stay tuned to the channel!

@candeeclark5963 3 жыл бұрын

Loyal to a fault! Watch out Hummingbirds, CAROL is coming!!!

@bird.passion 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, what an amazing journey, it looks wonderful and exhausting! Those Lesser Violetear hummingbirds are so adorable. Thank you for sharing your journey with us, I can't wait to see your next video!

@HummingbirdSpot 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. We saw mom come to feed them, but we were not quick enough to catch her. We filmed and shot our pictures after she had fed them.

@beccaw1581 4 жыл бұрын

What a great adventure! You are so brave! Thank you for bringing these videos to us to enjoy. I look forward to next week's video!

@HummingbirdSpot 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Becca! I'm already starting on the next installment!

@lupitaguzman7572 4 жыл бұрын

Wow 🤩 that was amazing!! I love hummingbirds a lot too , definitely that place is a paradise in the earth 😃

@HummingbirdSpot 4 жыл бұрын

This was a trip I will never forget. I loved that little guy!

@gregwilsonnaturephotography 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Carole, What a great video and so well documented! It reminded me of my trip to Panama seeing the Harpi eagle and Resplendent Quetzal. No trials and camping like you did.... I'm looking forward to next week! Sayin' hey... Greg

@HummingbirdSpot 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Greg! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! The Harpy and Quetzal are magnificent birds! I've seen the Resplendent Quetzal, but the Harpy is still on my list. I hope to see one in Brazil later this year. (If any of us can ever travel again!)

@kindnessworks71 4 жыл бұрын

I am so grateful that I found your Channel this was amazing that you did this I have left hummingbirds ever since I was a little girl I am now almost 50 and I just love them this was such a wonderful video thank you so much for sharing this with us you are a phenomenal person God bless and stay safe

@HummingbirdSpot 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Shelly! I love them too! More and more each day. I'm so glad you found us!!

@jimdavis8752 4 жыл бұрын

Carole, another fun and enjoyable video; I am so enjoying them and am amazed at your endurance, stamina, and persistence - and excitement in your quest for hummingbirds. Can't wait until next week.

@HummingbirdSpot 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jim! There are other hummingbirds that are going to be difficult to photograph for one reason or another, but this one requires the most physical endurance of all of them. That's why I had to do this now before I got any older, hahaha.

@candeeclark5963 3 жыл бұрын

Grenadia - have to try and remember that name.

@HummingbirdSpot 3 жыл бұрын

Granadilla

@MsTellurian 4 жыл бұрын

How informative! Thanks so much for giving me the chance to learn about something I don't know very much about. :]

@HummingbirdSpot 4 жыл бұрын

There are so many wonderful species of hummingbirds in the world and I want to bring them all to you!

@wepahey 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! Amazing seeing all those animals up close. What you were eating wrapped in banana leaves is called a Tamal, by the way. Very different from a Mexican tamale! Glad you enjoyed Colombia

@HummingbirdSpot 4 жыл бұрын

It was really good! Yes, VERY different!

@treelore5100 3 жыл бұрын

ten miles!!!! I honestly don't know how you did that.

@HummingbirdSpot 3 жыл бұрын

I, myself, still can't believe I did it!

@artluckymoneymagnet1072 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing video I love it thank you👍🤝

@HummingbirdSpot 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@artluckymoneymagnet1072 4 жыл бұрын

@@HummingbirdSpot welcome have a great day 👍🤝

@gingerhipszky228 4 жыл бұрын

Wow what a hike. I am glad it didn't start pouring down rain or sleeting. I think you did great, all the working out paid off. I love those 2 little fledglings, so adorable. I wonder, on a Helmetcrest bird Hummingbird, when they are born do they have the spiky things, or do those come in with their feathers?? Great job. I remember you typing to us from places you stayed that had WiFi.

@HummingbirdSpot 4 жыл бұрын

I would think that those feathers grow in with their adult plumage, but I actually don't have the answer to that! And yes, I was thankful we had good weather. Some of those trails had deep channels with huge logs in them. I remember thinking that those logs got there from water runoff. I wouldn't have wanted to have been caught there in major rains.

@gingerhipszky228 4 жыл бұрын

@@HummingbirdSpot At least you don't have to do that hike again. But it is pretty special that you did it.

@villamigelitaecolodge5008 4 жыл бұрын

What a wonderfully produced video! I felt like I was with you! I love Rodrigo's shirt that says it's Colombia not ColUmbia.

@HummingbirdSpot 4 жыл бұрын

To be honest, I actually thought of you when I first saw his shirt!!!!!

@bmolitor615 2 жыл бұрын

@@HummingbirdSpot and here in British Columbia we need a T-shirt saying the opposite, siiiiigh...

@round51 4 жыл бұрын

Hard to call these teasers, being so satisfying on their own... But still looking forward to the next installment.😉

@HummingbirdSpot 4 жыл бұрын

Starting on it already!

@round51 4 жыл бұрын

Very hard slog Carole. The highest I’ve climbed was about 17,800 ft.. Thing is I was 10 and used to riding my bike up and down the hills of Mexico City... I felt you the whole way.👌👍

@candeeclark5963 3 жыл бұрын

“God will make a way, where there is no way.”

@candeeclark5963 3 жыл бұрын

Going to the gym is fine but you have to spend some amount of time in the actual region because the air in each one acclimatizes you to that particular area,

@candeeclark5963 3 жыл бұрын

They are so fluffy. When do they lose these feathers and get steak like the adults?

@candeeclark5963 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like a small woodpecker.

@candeeclark5963 3 жыл бұрын

You’re in the mountains what did you expect?

@candeeclark5963 3 жыл бұрын

Conical huts-How many people live in his one hut? Do you know?