Category: Malachite

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Digression: Butterflies in the Cordillera del Cóndor

Before we leave this remote corner of southeastern Ecuador, I want to show you a few of the butterflies that appear during intervals between rain. If anyone can help with identifying the ones I don’t know (or correcting the ones I think I know), please … Continue readingDigression: Butterflies in the Cordillera del Cóndor

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Giant Kingbirds!

After watching day break over the city of Camagüey (home town for our Cuban guide Ray), our merry band from New Mexico Ornithological Society sets out for Finca La Belén in the Sierra de Najasa. Dawn over Camagüey from the roof of our hotel (Photo … Continue readingGiant Kingbirds!