It is not what one has planned for the day, but what the day has planned for you! We learned that last Friday at the Migratory Bird Day birding event at Parque las Vegas/Portoviejo/Ecuador! Sha-zam! Alcaldía Portoviejo Environment for the Americas World Migratory Bird Day

Migratory Bird Day event - (Parque las Vegas/Portoviejo/Ecuador) Remember to 'Look up!' - and down... Alcaldía Portoviejo,Environment for the Americas,World Migratory Bird Day

Where is this? (Ecuador?) What city? A search just now on Twitter brought zero information.

#WorldEnvironmentDay #Ecuador, #Portoviejo, 1.Wild begonias/Hojas de Jaboncillo 2. Nasturtiums/Refugio la Tomatera 3. (endemic) Esmeraldas Woodstar/la Tomatera (Foto June 3) 4. Purple Gallinule pecking at plastic/Parque las Vegas Remember that plastic is toxic to our planet!

#WorldEnvironmentDay #Portoviejo World Environment Day finds the rare & adorable Esmeraldas Woodstars back at Refugio de la Tomatera. This Tumbesian Region tract clings by a "vine"/ahem, the nasturtiums. Like in 2023,the nasturtiums thrived, bloomed,AND the Estrellitas returned!

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Congratulations to the growing staff at THE WATCHERS - talented young professionals devoted and concerned about our planet. (Snow in June in the USA? You caught my attention!) Unseasonal June winter storm to bring heavy snow and winds to Montana watchers.news/2025/06/20/uns…

Nuclear power plants shut down in France & Switzerland heatwave impacts river cooling watchers.news/2025/07/03/nuc… A human's temp rises a few degrees, it's instant attention to diagnose and treat. When our planet does the same, how can people dismiss these flags of distress?

#BIRDS, #WorldMangroveDay, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador (Can you find the Mangrove (yellow) Warbler?) Setophaga petechia [erithachorides Group] (¿Puedes encontrar la Reinita Amarilla en los manglares?) Piscinas las Gilces - Rio Portoviejo boca 25/Julio/2025

Green Kingfisher in maze of mangrove roots. Rio Portoviejo - Manabi - Ecuador #WorldMangroveDay, #Birds, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador, #Manabi

#birdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador, #Manabi Yay! Birds on vacation are returningn to Manabi! Wilsons Phalarope, Short-billed Dowitcher, Killdeer, Fulvous Whistling Ducks, Least Sandpiper, Black-necked Stilt, Tricolored Heron

Thanks to Yahoo Mail #yahoomail's abrupt changes to storage limits, I am deleting 😢 image-heavy emails that documented 20+years in Latin America. Ditto for blog posts.😠Many disgruntled long-term Yahoo users will be delighted to discover Atomic Mail! Thank you, @Atomic_mail!

#birdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador Often heard but difficult to photograph, the Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant allowed a photo moment this week at PACOCHE LODGE. Also nearby were the Gray and Gold Warbler and the Laughing Falcon --- and toss in an endemic passiflora vine!

#BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador, #Manabi Stilt Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover, Wilsons Plover, Least Grebe, #WorldShorebirdsDay

#BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador, #Manabi, #WorldShorebirdsDay Royal Tern, Laughing Gull, Black-bellied Plover, Southern Rough-winged Swallow

Oct 11 audio Refugio de la Tomatera/Portoviejo #Ecuador #BirdsSeenIn2025 (and heard!) Video clip #1 -5:15 am: Spectacled Owl then Peruvian Screech Owl (purrs) then Spectacled Owls repeat. Clip #2 -6:19 am: Henna-hooded Foliage Gleaner (distant staccato) & Necklaced Spinetails.

#BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador audios - Refugio de la Tomatera/Portoviejo Enjoy the soundtrack! 1. Clear whistle: Striped Cuckoo 2. Squeak: Scrub Blackbird 3. Distant whistle: Pale-browed Tinamou 4. Clucking: Elegant Crescentchest

Three adorable Burrowing Owlets - Parque las Vegas/ #Portoviejo #Ecuador #Birds, #BirdsSeenIn2025