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Grey-breasted Mountain Toucans in Oyacachi Ecuador

10,000 Birds

The road went past some ruins that had been abandoned by the town people some 100 years ago and it followed the river gorge for 10 km on its way down to the Amazon. This was followed by a couple of trucks and motorcycles that drove past the cabañas from the town to their small farms to milk the cows.

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

10,000 Birds

Complementing Dunn’s exquisite descriptions are his photographs of 27 species plus the mysterious Nazca hummingbird geoglyph, an abandoned Juan Fernández Firecrown nest, and the aforementioned photo of Sr. This is what the female birds saw when he displayed to them, these arresting blazes of blue and purple. (p. Jonas D’Abronzo.