Archive for the tag 'flycatchers'

Apr 23 2009

“This cute, small flycatcher is so colorful as to be essentially unmistakable.”

Ornate Flycatcher, Milpe, Ecuador How often do you find the words cute and unmistakable in the same sentence with flycatcher? Bob Ridgeley combined them to capture much of what makes this bird special. My photo, unfortunately, only shows the ventral side of the bird. Add in the glowing yellow rump and rusty-based tail and you’ve got [...]

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Apr 07 2009

Papallacta Pass 1: Hunting the Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe

Published by jeff under Birding,South America,Travel

The morning of March 10, 2009 was my first in Ecuador and I was in a distinctly unusual and not entirely comfortable situation. In 5 short days, I would commence co-leading a 2 1/2 week birding tour around a country with one of the most complex avifaunas in the world, yet I’d never been there [...]

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