With my first international trip approaching, and my return to leading tours in Ecuador, I arrived on 22 October to…
Being locked down for a pandemic and being held back from travel further concentrated a perspective I had been developing…
It turns out 2020, and to a lesser extent 2021, were pretty decent years for unusual birds in Los Angeles…
When Covid struck and reality came to a halt, I was recently back from touring in Ecuador. There wasn’t much…
WINGS Tour: Amazon Lowlands, Sani Lodge The gang: Dana, Harvey, Wendy, Dave, Frank, Susan, Jon (bird guy), Carlos (man of…
WINGS Tour: Eastern Andean slope February 9-14, 2020 The gang: Dave, Phillip, Dory, Theresa, Jan, Ben, Jon (bird guy), Edwin…
Ecuador: Mindo and the Northwest Andes. 2020 The gang: Angelo, Inara, Theresa, Myrna, Bill, Charlie, Jon (Bird Guy), and Edwin…
Whistling-Ducks, Humedal la Tembladera, 1/28/20 The past two days were pretty extreme. I started in El Oro on 1/28, birding…
In the spring of 2017, a new species of hummingbird, Blue-throated Hillstar, was discovered on Cerro de Arcos in the…
Brown-crested Flycatcher This was first found in mid-December, 2019, at the South Coast Botanic Gardens, but was unidentified. Photos were…