The northern coastal areas of Columbia are different from the south. One might say that the northern areas are closer to indigenous living and the south more "Spanishy." The music is different up north, having more Caribbean/African influence...commonly heard playing together are accordion, drums (tambor), and flute (gaita). The northern coastal areas definitely have more shacks and less commercial development. 

Upon coming down from Perijá, we visited Los Flamencos, a neat coastal reserve. As soon as we exited the van, we were surrounded by birds, starting with a nesting Buffy Hummingbird.

 

Female Vermilion Cardinal

Slender-billed Tyrannulet with food for nestlings

Vermilion Cardinal male

So nice to have some solid sunlight down here on the coast

Likely a nest down there since he stayed in this thicket so obligingly

Scaled Dove

Northern Scrub Flycatcher

Russet-throated Puffbird

White-whiskered Spinetail - handsome

Buffy Hummingbird on nest from a different angle

Yellow Oriole

Black-crested  Antshrike, female

"Like my hair?"

"Why not?"

What's your problem?

And out she comes into the sun to show off her feather dress...

Grey Kingbird

White-fringed Antwren

Greyish Saltator

Inside national park - Indigenous people still living

where and how they always have.

Orinocan Saltator

Trinidad Euphonia

Note the gold cap

Glaucous Tanager, juvenile, endemic

Royal Tern

Boat ride for tourists

The next five images were actually taken at a lovely lodge named Colores de Sierra Nevada on the way up the mountain for our mountain excursion to El Dorado. Here we transferred to 4-wheel-drive vehicles again.

Lineated Woodpecker

White-lined Tanager male

White-lined Tanager, female

Pale-breasted Thrush singing

And a few days later after that mountain trip, we came back to the coast to Parque Isla de Salamanca where the following images were captured.

Golden-green Woodpecker

Black-crowned Night-Heron, an old friend

Rufescent Tiger-Heron

Straight-billed Woodcreeper

I like the color on this shot

Great Egret

Pied Puffbird

Russet-throated Puffbird

Lesser Nighthawk

Stripe-backed Wren

Look closely. He/she's catching a flying insect. Thank you, Wren. I should mention that the whole trip really was remarkably bug-free.

I credit a plethora of birds for that. 

Cattle Tyrant

Ringed Kingfisher

Brown-throated Parakeet

Sticks in the way...my life story

Sticks in front

Finally only one small blocking stick

Lineated Woodpecker..very happy with the lighting and proximity I enjoyed with this shot....but I was HOT, hot, hot at this location.

Snail Kite with snail

Iguana

Cattle Egrets are extremely widespread in our travels, but they don't always look the same in my photos