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Tag Archives: Reserve
Buenaventura Adventure
We spent five weeks at Buenaventura. It is mostly second growth forest becoming cloud forest at the upper elevations an not quite as misty at lower elevations. The sun is not a common sight, but the birds are more active … Continue reading
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Tagged Buenaventura, forest, lodge, rainforest, Reserve, tropical
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Parting Shots from Jorupe Reserve
A few parting shots from Jorupe Reserve before this blog moves on to the next Jocotoco Reserve. On to Buenaventura…
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Tagged Ecuador, Jocotoco Conservation Foundation, Jorupe, moth, Reserve
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Dry Forest Birds at Jorupe Reserve
Jorupe Reserve protects habitat for a number of regional endemic (restricted range) species that are only found in the dry Tumbesian Region of SW Ecuador and NW Peru. Currently about 1,450 hectares are protected. Some of these birds can be … Continue reading
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Tagged bird, Collared Antshrike, endemic, Jocotoco Conservation Foundation, Jorupe, Ochre-bellied Dove, Reserve, tinamou, Tumbesian
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Frogs in Dry Forest
When the heavy rains finally come to Jorupe Reserve, frogs hop to temporary wetlands to breed. Puddles, small seasonal ponds and rice paddies swarm with frogs and the air fills with their calls. Diversity is limited, but the numbers and … Continue reading
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Tagged amphibian, dry forest, Ecuador, frog, Jorupe, Prov. Loja, Reserve, toad
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Dry Forest in Wet Season
Although Jorupe Reserve is a dry forest, it has been quite moist during the end of February. Here are some views of the forest.
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Tagged dry forest, Jocotoco Conservation Foundation, Jorupe, Reserve
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Butterflies in Dry Forest
With increasing rain, the butterflies seem to be on the rise in the dry forest of the Jorupe Reserve of the Jocotoco Foundation on the southern border of Ecuador. Help! Someone tell me what this butterfly is.
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Tagged butterflies, butterfly, dry forest, Ecuador, insect, Jocotoco Conservation Foundation, Jorupe, Reserve
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The grand ceiba
Ceibo, Ceiba trichastandra, or ceiba in English, is the grand tree of Jorupe Reserve. Because the wood rots easily and is of little value, these grand trees dominate this reserve where many of the more valuable trees were cut. The … Continue reading
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Tagged ceiba, ceibo, conservation, dry forest, Ecuador, foundation, Jocotoco, Jocotoco Conservation Foundation, Jorupe, Reserve, tree, trichastandra, Tumbesian
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