Category Archives: birds

Face to Face with Tanagers at Copalinga

Posted on January 31, 2019 by admin

Tanagers are an easy group to face in the tropics.  Most display colorful and distinctive patterns that make them easy to ID.  However, their markings can repeat certain themes, so it can still take some concentration to identify them. Copalinga … Continue reading →

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More Buenaventura Birds

Posted on March 17, 2018 by admin

What a great place for birds!  It was great to be back in Buenaventura Reserve. Following up on my post from last year, here are a few more birds from Jocotoco Foundation’s. Buenaventura Reserve in the southern foothills of the … Continue reading →

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Pecking the Pico-Pico at Buenaventura

Posted on February 10, 2017 by admin

It’s January and the pico-pico is fruiting at Buenaventura Reserve in El Oro Province of southern Ecuador. The reserve was created by the Jocotoco Conservation Foundation primarily to protect habitat for the El Oro Parakeet, but another 350 other species … Continue reading →

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Antisanilla Reserve more highlights

Posted on January 15, 2017 by admin

In addition to condors and eagles mentioned in my previous posts, plenty of great birds inhabit Antisanilla Reserve of the Jocotoco Conservation Foundation. Paramo pipits live in the high grasslands. Another common bird is the Bar-winged Cinclodes a member of … Continue reading →

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