Sunday, January 19, 2025

Tropical Bird Bingo





I have seen 25 new birds (for me) on this trip!   I think I should make bingo cards and make sets for all my bird nerd friends.  If only I were that crafty



Today my friend took me to the Amagusa Preserve about a 30 minute drive from the farm.  It was amazing!!  I have learned that this region called The Choco includes the Andean forests from the Pacific coast up to 2200 meters elevation— cloud forests.  It is a hotspot of biodiversity for plants, birds, amphibians and more. Here is a link to read more about this preserve and the Choco region.

https://mashpi-amagusa-reserve.com/

In addition to the birds I saw there, we saw a coati who decided to visit the bird feeders and help himself to a banana!


On the drive home we encountered a non-native species:

We are wise women so we gave them the right-of-way!


Birds today at Amagusa:

Glistening green tanager, rose breasted parrot, red barbet, flame faced tanager, golden collared honeycreeper, golden tanager, black chinned mountain tanager, golden naped tanager, and moss backed tanager…BINGO!!


at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Denali

We sat in the last row of the bus😬.  Was it bumpy ?  Was it dusty and smoky from fires?  Was it totally worth it?   YES! We saw Big horn sh...

  • Part of the Plan
    As a home health physical therapist I spend a lot of my work week in the car.  I usually keep my radio on NPR to keep up with news or enjoy ...
  • Gigi Meets Helene
    After leaving Massachusetts we drove 2 1/2 days to get to Lexington Kentucky for The Bourbon Burn.  The Burn is a 3 day biking event with bo...
  • The Best Laid Plans
    Stage One: Planning Planning a five week trip from Illinois to Maine to Kentucky in a teardrop camper is a feat of logistics!   We used a c...