Rufescent Screech Owl

No snakes today

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August 4th 2006
Today we used the mist nets we had set up near the casita. It was generally much slower than we were used to from the pasture. In the afternoon we had a ACOR watch at the lek, where we attempted to identify the four birds we had banded with special colored bands a couple of days previously among the displaying birds. This was more difficult than it sounded, at least for me. I found that even w ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Mindo

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The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more