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Comb Duck (Sarkidiornis sylvicola)Observer
lisabrunettiDescription
Three careened in and landed just before dark. They were splashing for maybe one minute, then two departed.
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Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)Observer
lisabrunettiDescription
Nice example of the Little Blue between colorations.
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Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)Observer
lisabrunettiDescription
The climate has been extra hot, and this nesting Jacana at times wandered from the nest, but many times when it returned, it squatted over it instead of setting the eggs.
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Masked Duck (Nomonyx dominicus)Observer
lisabrunettiDescription
What a surprise! While Least Grebes entertained me in the same area, I realized a new-to-me sound. Not stilts, not grebes or gallinules, and what a shock these birds gave me! Zafiro rarely cuts the palm leaves, so there were low branches between the humedal and me. The birds never saw me. Also by the cattails were a nesting C. Gallinule and a nesting Least Grebe.
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Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia)Observer
lisabrunettiDescription
Near the edge of the city; singing singing singing, and it 'sallied' toward the ground and remained out of sight.
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Amazilia Hummingbird (Amazilis amazilia)Observer
lisabrunettiDescription
Nesting
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Amazilia Hummingbird (Amazilis amazilia)Observer
lisabrunettiDescription
April 3, first observation of the Amazilia at the nasturtiums; same location as last year.
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Tropaeolum harlingiiObserver
lisabrunettiDescription
The rains brought one area back to life, but with two weeks w/o rain, some of the vines are turning yellow. Others, however are stunning.
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Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)Observer
lisabrunettiDescription
Climbing from the ground 'up' the cissus aerial roots.
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Gray-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea)Observer
lisabrunettiDescription
Sunny and hot, following intense rains the night before. The pond was very active with swallows and martins. The Gray-breasted is the most dominant/often seen martin/swallow in the area. Mixed with the martins were Blue & White Swallows and a mystery martin that was much darker on the chest.
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Gray-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea)Observer
lisabrunettiDescription
With no way to decipher these martins that seemed larger than the blue/white swallow, yet darker than the Gray-breasted Martin, I am grateful for help on the correct identification. The night before this 1-pm sighting, we had strong intense rains, but it was sunny and hot as the gray-breasted, blue & white and Chestnut-collared 'regulars' were circling/making touch-and-go swoops along the small laguna.
After perusing many books and online options, I remain baffled. Thanks in advance for your help - and then I can separate the images into more observations - or just save the best of these.
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Genus ChalcolepidiusObserver
lisabrunettiDescription
Crossing the dusty road at la Tomatera
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White-edged Oriole (Icterus graceannae)Observer
lisabrunettiDescription
This bird held its watch while two younger birds foraged in the muyuyus below. While it perched there, various birds landed/paused for minute or two then moved on. (Scrub Blackbird, Groove-billed Ani and Baird's Flycatcher)
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White-edged Oriole (Icterus graceannae)Observer
lisabrunettiDescription
One mature oriole watched from a nearbydead tree as these two foraged in the muyuyus. A Yellow-rumped Cacique flopped into the scene, spooked the bird on the right, but they all adjusted and resumed their perusal of the muyuyus.
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Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela)Observer
lisabrunettiDescription
The bosque is very dry, and the muyuyu seems to be used by many species at this time of year.
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Tumbes Pewee (Contopus punensis)Observer
lisabrunettiDescription
pewee? This bird looks different and was not sallying back to the same limb, but stayed in an area with mixed species (gnatcatchers, orioles) with antshrikes and spinetails below.
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Common Wartclub (Commicarpus tuberosus)Observer
lisabrunettiDescription
? A guess for a start.
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Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans)Observer
lisabrunettiDescription
For the past week two have been in the area and call back and forth at the last half hour before dark.
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Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela)Observer
lisabrunettiDescription
Very active flock feasting on small spiny caterpillars.
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Ecuadorian Trogon (Trogon mesurus)Observer
lisabrunettiDescription
Feasting on small spiny caterpillars. The next day the caciques were feasting in the same location.
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West Ecuadorian Whorl-tailed Iguana (Stenocercus iridescens)Observer
lisabrunettiDescription
Crossing the dusty road at La Tomatera
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Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi)Observer
lisabrunettiDescription
Third time to see a jagaurondi in this area. No one believed me. I was walking in the direction of the parked truck when the cat crossed the road. It looked toward me then basically dismissed me, 'oh, it's just Lisa,' and ambled on across.. Photos definitely make a difference!
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Bromeliads (Family Bromeliaceae)Observer
lisabrunettiDescription
No idea where to start. it appears to live in a host plant but was 'dangling' after the cyclists cleared rank growth over the bike trail. Dark/shaded area along a hillside.
