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Effing It
Clearly no one around here gets their mouth washed out with soap.
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Hummingbird Heaven
Getting buzz-bombed by hummers.
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Birding Bonanza
Known for its elaborate breeding displays, which include head-bobbing, bill-snapping, grunting, and squeaking.
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All Birds, All Day
The next 4 days are going to be a birding marathon.
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April Showers Bring May Flowers
So here are a few for you to enjoy, from the Quito Botanical Garden and La Merced farmstay.
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Farm Glamping
It feels very serene — except for the chickens cackling, roosters crowing, cows mooing, and dogs barking.
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Bird’s Eye View of Quito
Bird’s eye view of Quito.
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People-watching in Quito
Quito’s plazas and squares are great spots for people-watching.
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Zero Zero Zero
A foot in each hemisphere.
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A Walk Inside a Volcano
The walk down the crater was easy-peasy. Back up, not so much.
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Galapagos Birding
Lucky for me, my target bird, the blue-footed booby, was on almost every island.
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Equatorial Penguins
It’s always a good day when I see my favorite bird.
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Galapagos Waters
You could snorkel in a different spot every day for a year.
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The Color of Sand
The spectrum of sand color.
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In Search of the Vermilion Flycatcher
Locals refer to them as “bien viaje” birds, which translates to “good travel.”
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An Epic Fail
If the ship wasn’t already moving, I would have been tempted to disembark on the spot.
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Island Hopping
Exploring the Galapagos Archipelago.
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Counting Iguanas
The collective noun for a group of iguanas is called a mess.
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Turtle Hospital
Marquita lost a limb from a dog attack.
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Birthday Galapagos-Style
Couldn’t have asked for a better birthday abroad.
3 Years Around the World