10,000 Birds

AUGUST 27, 2011

Isla Corazon was formed by sediment deposition of the Rio Chone on its way out to the ocean to the central coast of Ecuador. As a supporter of conservation and eco-tourism we have been there multiple times and found their conservation work impressive and deserving of more press.

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Ecuador Birds Farming Protection 162

10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2012

In Ecuador it is found mostly in the tropical and sub-tropical forest of the east and west slopes. The place of this Bird Love action is the Sumaco National Bioreserve located on the east slope of the Ecuador in the legendary Loreto Road. Here is my contribution to Bird Love Week from the tropics.

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Ecuador South America Parrots America 148

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2019

For 13 years, this organization has carried out a bird-a-thon to raise funds for such projects as reforestation in Ecuador and protecting nests of the Harpy Eagle in Brazil. Participate in the Rainforest Biodiversity Group’s annual bird-a-thon.

Costa Rica 181

Costa Rica Species Belize New Jersey 181

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2015

While there is a lot left to be done when it comes to research and nature protection in many tropical countries, there are not that many jobs in that line of work, and ecotourism seem to be the industry of choice. Ecuador (1590 / 1641). Uganda (987 / 1083). Kenya (1034 / 1153). South Africa (755 / 842). Botswana (529 / 577).

Sri Lanka 257

Sri Lanka Botswana Africa Serbia 257

10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2011

However, Sula nebouxii is most closely associated with Ecuador’s evocative Galápagos Islands. Perhaps that explains why the Galapagos Conservation Trust raises funds to help protect the Islands’ unique wildlife and habitat through the celebration of Blue-footed Booby Day. sula ) and Nazca Booby ( S.

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Ecuador Peru Hunters Pelicans 183

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2019

To paraphrase Keith Barnes, who wrote on world birding in 2008 ABA’s Birding magazine, if you can afford only one big tropical bird tour, let it be Ecuador. The new Helm field guide to the Birds of (mainland) Ecuador by Freile and Restall covers 1630 species in a single volume, has 656 pages and isn’t exactly lightweight.

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Ecuador South America 2006 Birds 148

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2019

Thanks to better protection from hunting, this fancy bird is tame and easy to see at many sites in Costa Rica. This northernmost representative of the Bangsia genus (like the Moss-backed Tanager of Ecuador) is locally common in mossy mature middle elevation rainforest of Costa Rica and western Panama. Buff-fronted Quail-Dove.

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Costa Rica Panama Birds Eagles 202

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2019

Folks want to know what they can see, if it’s worth traveling to Trinidad and Tobago, if they should to to Ecuador for three days or three weeks, or if one should drive to Wisconsin to look for a vireo with white eyes or a blue head.

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Costa Rica Birds Owls South America 200

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2016

Fortunately, nowadays, there are protected areas and efforts to establish biological corridors that provide more hope for the endangered Great Green Macaw, and other species. This small antbird species is common in Panama to Ecuador but rare in Costa Rica. Three Great Greens in flight at a site in the Caribbean slope foothills.

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Costa Rica San Jose Panama Birds 165

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

Share Your Thoughts « Quetzals of Ecuador Winner of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil Giveaway » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. The proposal from U.S.

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Deer 2011 Birds New York 140

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

For only $450,000, we could buy almost all of the habitat neded to protect Ecuador's remaining frogs. That depends largely on us, our priorities, and our allocation of resources. Consider this: Every month, it takes $12 billion to fund America's involvement in the Iraq War.

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Polar Bears California Condor Bald Eagle Lions 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

They are commonest where they are intensively protected and managed, but these places are often remote and hard to visit. Seeing a wild kiwi is potentially the highlight of a star-strewn birding visit to New Zealand, but please respect the tenuous situation the five species are in and any measures in place for their protection.

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New Zealand 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Oh, Yeah, I’m Going to Ecuador! Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. The proposal from U.S.

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Portugal 2011 Deer Birds 172

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2019

Ecuador or Botswana, respectively). 17%: Ecuador, Peru. While Peru was seen as the best country for “birds and ancient sites”, Ecuador was seen as “much safer” and best for its size and easiness of getting around. If I were answering those same questions, my answers would probably be Ecuador, Uganda and Thailand.

Papua New Guinea 214

Papua New Guinea America Costa Rica Sri Lanka 214

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

It is also a story about conservation: the danger hummingbirds have always been in from all sides, natural and human-made, and the ways in which individuals, community groups, and larger organizations are working to protect them.

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Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2011

Jatunsacha purchased the land it currently protects in 1994 and the government declared it an Ecological Reserve in 1996 due to it large biodiversity and high degree of endemism. The Mache Chindul Reserve is located in the province of Esmeraldas and runs north-south parallel to the coast.

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Mules Research Parrots Farming 188

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2011

I am totally impressed with what I saw and totally shocked to find out that our government has punished their sustainable model, taking away something like 2000 hectares of a nearby forest which they bought from colonos and gave it back to the colonos to protect it!

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2000 Birds Woodpeckers Protection 165

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

We have on here in Ecuador that is very prolific in the highlands. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. The proposal from U.S.

Montana 134

Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 134

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

Like a shy stepchild, it’s always eclipsed by the wonders of Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, etc. Plate 97: Andean and partly Andean antshrikes, illustrated by Oscar Tintaya. Bolivia doesn’t come up much in discussions of birding travel.

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 172

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Quetzals of Ecuador » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. For a globally themed post, David Ringer at “10,000 Birds&# gives us a fun and informative breakdown of the “new&# Suliformes bird order. [.] Thanks for visiting! The proposal from U.S.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 152

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2013

And embattled minority should be protected. People that are interested in conservation are all about the should – conservation’s raison d’être is the people perceiving that we should protect species and ecosystems, we should not allow them to be lost to extinction. A hungry child should be fed.

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Tigers Hunting Game Protection 172

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

I guess you cannot be too choosy while traveling, as I have learned when on trips in Ecuador and other places. I once asked my then-girlfriend whether this color was in any way protected for use by the postal service only – as the color yellow is to some extent associated with the German mail service.

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Birds Tigers Humane Ecuador 130