Birding is a term that implies taking bird watching to the next level, somewhere between ornithology and birdwatching.

Bird watching has been one of my favorite hobbies since 1954 when my brother and I rode the school bus through the rural countryside for two hours five days a week. We put a mark on paper for every Red-winged blackbird, robin, or cardinal we saw. A covey of quail was a bonus, but they flew so fast we couldn’t get a good count.

In the last 40 years, more new bird species have been discovered in Peru than in all the rest of the world combined. I recently learned where 5 newly named and registered species live and can take you there.