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Face to Face with Tanagers at Copalinga

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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Pecking the Pico-Pico at Buenaventura

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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