If you’re a birder, Ecuador is the place to be. On my last visit to Ecuador in May, I added 100 lifers (new birds) to my bird list. On this visit, five days in the Andean cloudforest gave me another 117. Here is a gallery of my best shots.
3 Years Around the World
Birds of Ecuador
21 responses to “Birds of Ecuador”
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Besides the number and the colors, I especially like the names. Cryptic Becard sounds vaguely like an epithet, for example.
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Lol, yes it does, doesn’t it. I’m intrigued by some of the bird names too.
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Basia, how do you keep track of which birds you have already documented. What is your total? Happy New Year.
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Hi Tereska, it’s all done online, on a site called eBird. On this trip, we had a birding guide, and he entered the names into eBird and then shared the list with us. When I’m birding by myself, I enter them into eBird myself, and it keeps track of everything. My list currently has 1081 species. It seems like a lot, but there are over 10,000 species, so I have another 9,000 to go!
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First of all… Incredible shots. Secondly… Wow… So many amazingly beautiful, unique creatures. I always wonder how there is so many different kinds of birds. They are just beautiful!!
Thank you so much for sharing.
I had Java Rice Birds once!
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So glad to know you are enjoying them, Debbie. Yes, they are amazingly beautiful creatures. I never get tired of watching them.
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Impressive!
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Unbelievable! That’s a total of almost as many as I have on my life list of 20 years. And beautiful portraits, as always.
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It’s crazy! I had 620 on my life list when I left Rochester, now I’m at 1081, so I almost doubled it in one year.
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Truly paradise! Thank you for sharing these wonderful pictures with us!
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You’re very welcome, I love having so many people enjoy them with me!
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oh how beautiful are these birds!!!!! Unreal!!!!!!
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oh how beautiful are these birds!!!!! Unreal!!!!!!
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Those really colorful ones almost seem like they’re painted on. Especially those vivid green ones. But no, they are all very real.
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WOW well done, good on ye.
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Thanks Hazel. “Good on ye” always makes me chuckle! 🙂
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Wow amazing! I saw a few of these in Costa Rica. Your photos are awesome!
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Thanks Jean. We’ll be making a stop in Costa Rica later this year, I’m looking forward to adding more to my list.
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Basia these are stunning and gorgeous!!! I have so many new favorites!! Can’t wait to catch up!
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It’s getting harder and harder for me to choose a favorite. There are just too many to choose from.
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