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birding in manabi ecuador, brown wood rail, chone ecuador, global big day 2018, la segua ecuador, Orange-fronted Barbet, poza honda ecuador, Slaty Becard
Manabi Province/Ecuador – What are your plans for May 5th? Your local birds deserve a voice! Add their names to Global Big Day’s Bird Census! (Birds of Manabi Ecuador – Ink drawing by Lisa Brunetti)
Ink drawing by Lisa Brunetti
Voice? These Brown Wood Rails give a shrieking end-of-day chorus!
Five fast-growing juveniles now join their parents in the end-of-day foraging in the secluded yard!
(For Linda! Black-Bellied Whistling Ducks- la Segua)
On Saturday, friends and I will divide our time between Poza Honda and la Segua/near Chone.
I’d never seen a Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)until last year’s trip to the Segua. I’d lived in Manabi for years and never stopped to enjoy this amazing ecosystem!
They definitely live up to their name!
How well do you know the birds of the Segua? Here are some images from last year’s Global Big Day outing – see if you can spot the illegal alien – ‘American Bullfrog.’
La Segua/Chone/Manabi/Ecuador
For more information on Global Big Day, start here:
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Glorious birds, wonderful photos as always! I will be in our botanical gardens on Saturday with our birding group. All our little migratory warblers are gone – but we will see many of our beautiful endemics! I want to come birding with you in Ecuador!
I hope that you had a great outing; we were very pleased with our lists for the day….
The door is always open for your birding visit!!!! A week’s notice would work for me!!!
Your drawings are awe-inspiring! Beautiful photos, too, Lisa!
Thank you! The drawings were for a t-shirt, which gave my friends a fun surprise! I saw your Timeout post – great sketches, though I’m going to look at them again – now that Global Big Day is over!
Oh, what a nice surprise that would be, with your original artwork: so thoughtful, and from the heart! My sketches are nothing special…we had a lot going on…but sometimes just taking the step is something to celebrate. Thanks, Lisa!
Yes, they were fun, and my friends were very happy to have such ‘limited edition’ shirts!
I finally found the illegal alien! Now, you need to give me some instruction as to how to photograph those glorious birds! It is always hit or miss for me…more miss. Hugs.
Such beautiful detailed drawings Lisa and so many birds in your area.
Yes, and we definitely had a full immersion in birds! The drawings were for a tshirt, and my two friends were so surprised to have their limited edition shirts!!!
A Tshirt to be treasured
I see there were some good entries from New Zealand on last year’s Global Big Day. It’s a wonderful project.
It is a wonderful project, and I hope that lots of people were able to enjoy the birds’ holiday! We had really pretty weather, always nice!
So amazing the ink drawings Lisa!!! You must enjoy so much peace over there to do such fine work!!! ♥️
Thank you Teresa! You might spot those drawings on the Tshirt in the Global Big Day/Segua post!
Wonderful photos and Amazing art Lisa.. Birds are a must in my garden.. And I have had the pleasure of seeing them gather materials to take to build nests in our shrubs..
I did not know it was a global day.. But you can be sure I will be bird watching..
Love and Hugs my friend xx ❤
This time of year early morning there are many different birds around the feeders,
bird baths, and in the gardens. I try to identify them by call but don’t recognize
some of them. Many are just stopping by while on their way north, some bred here,
but some do make south Florida home. The Mockingbird’s call is a favorite.
Lovely photos and story Lisa!
I finally bumped up against the Global Big Day. I should stop by eBird from time to time, and I’d know about these things. Thank goodness you keep us up to date!
It’s great to see the whistling ducks in such a different — and yet similar — environment. It’s impossible to name a favorite bird, but they’re right up there. I know that we have rails, too, but I’ve never recognized them. I’ll have to educate myself, and see if I can locate some.
Your photos always are good, but these drawings are exquisite.
Thanks, Amiga, and I’m in transit on the way to my friends’ home in Chone, near the Segua.. Thanks for your kind words about the drawing, which is one of three to use for a t-shirt for tomorrow’s event.. A limited edition of three shirts – ha – but the printing was via a printed iron-on, which looks like it was ironed on – but it will give the three of us much pleasure to have special shirts for the day!
See you online Monday to compare notes!
Gorgeous bird shots, Lisa. I bet I’ll see some fine raptors on May 5th. Flying in to the backcountry of Idaho for the weekend. 😀🦅🦉🦇
I hope that your weekend went well! I’m still not finished with images taken over the weekend!
Hola , finally got caught up on your posts..Please remind us again on the date of your show in Portaviejo,, gracias, hugs
I have a message from the museum, and we’re trying to coordinate a day to meet. They have not confirmed yet on the date, but sometime in October — or perhaps this meeting is to change the month? Thanks – will let you know!
To have so many amazing creatures around you would be heavenly! Wonderful photos Lisa, and those sketches are simply fabulous!
Thank you, and the sketches were used for our t-shirts!!
I missed this post….it’s hard to keep up! I like the snails…and I can’t find the illegal alien, but want you to know that they’re “illegal” here, too. The county wants people to kill them if they find them, that’s how invasive they are.
Yes, the piles of snail shells are fun to discover… The kites are well fed, and they certainly help keep the snail population in check.
As for those frogs, I’m not sure how fast they’re spreading, but Alejandro (the specialist in Quito) said he was disappointed to see the images of the frogs; he hoped they were just in one small spot, but the area is growing…