Blessed by Birds (Lisa B.)
@blessedbybirds.bsky.social
Artist, naturalist, writer.
Lover of trees, flowers, birds, animals, insects, fishes, reptiles
and all things natural on this planet we call Earth.
https://lisabrunettiart.wordpress.com/category/random-posts-and-updates/
Lover of trees, flowers, birds, animals, insects, fishes, reptiles
and all things natural on this planet we call Earth.
https://lisabrunettiart.wordpress.com/category/random-posts-and-updates/
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #birds, #ecuador
Several hours at Portoviejo's "Jardin Botanico" provided nonstop birding entertainment.
One never tires of seeing the lovely Cocoi Heron.
Or the unique Red-billed Scythebill.
Several hours at Portoviejo's "Jardin Botanico" provided nonstop birding entertainment.
One never tires of seeing the lovely Cocoi Heron.
Or the unique Red-billed Scythebill.
November 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #birds, #ecuador
Several hours at Portoviejo's "Jardin Botanico" provided nonstop birding entertainment.
One never tires of seeing the lovely Cocoi Heron.
Or the unique Red-billed Scythebill.
Several hours at Portoviejo's "Jardin Botanico" provided nonstop birding entertainment.
One never tires of seeing the lovely Cocoi Heron.
Or the unique Red-billed Scythebill.
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #birds, #Ecuador
Jardin Botanico/Portoviejo - Lurking in deep shadows of scrubby trees, the Greater Anis (Crotophaga major) looked more like black turkeys than Anis! Eventually the neighborhood feathered residents chased these intruders to other perches and better view!
Jardin Botanico/Portoviejo - Lurking in deep shadows of scrubby trees, the Greater Anis (Crotophaga major) looked more like black turkeys than Anis! Eventually the neighborhood feathered residents chased these intruders to other perches and better view!
November 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #birds, #Ecuador
Jardin Botanico/Portoviejo - Lurking in deep shadows of scrubby trees, the Greater Anis (Crotophaga major) looked more like black turkeys than Anis! Eventually the neighborhood feathered residents chased these intruders to other perches and better view!
Jardin Botanico/Portoviejo - Lurking in deep shadows of scrubby trees, the Greater Anis (Crotophaga major) looked more like black turkeys than Anis! Eventually the neighborhood feathered residents chased these intruders to other perches and better view!
#birds, #birdsSeenIn2025, @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social, @audubon.org Audubon CBC Season approaches!
The Comb Duck is one of the featured species for the Chone "ECHL" Ecuador 2025 circle.
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/...
Do any of you Bsky birders plan to help with CBC circles this year?
The Comb Duck is one of the featured species for the Chone "ECHL" Ecuador 2025 circle.
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/...
Do any of you Bsky birders plan to help with CBC circles this year?
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
#birds, #birdsSeenIn2025, @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social, @audubon.org Audubon CBC Season approaches!
The Comb Duck is one of the featured species for the Chone "ECHL" Ecuador 2025 circle.
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/...
Do any of you Bsky birders plan to help with CBC circles this year?
The Comb Duck is one of the featured species for the Chone "ECHL" Ecuador 2025 circle.
birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/...
Do any of you Bsky birders plan to help with CBC circles this year?
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #birds, #Ecuador, Refugio de la Tomatera/Portoviejo
Crane Hawk (Geranospiza caerulescens) nice surprise!, Pacific Parrotlet, Streaked Saltator, Fulvous-headed Scrub Tyrant
Crane Hawk (Geranospiza caerulescens) nice surprise!, Pacific Parrotlet, Streaked Saltator, Fulvous-headed Scrub Tyrant
November 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #birds, #Ecuador, Refugio de la Tomatera/Portoviejo
Crane Hawk (Geranospiza caerulescens) nice surprise!, Pacific Parrotlet, Streaked Saltator, Fulvous-headed Scrub Tyrant
Crane Hawk (Geranospiza caerulescens) nice surprise!, Pacific Parrotlet, Streaked Saltator, Fulvous-headed Scrub Tyrant
#Ecuador, #Manabi #birds Nice outing to Refugio de la Tomatera - #BirdsSeenIn2025
Pacific Hornero, Summer Tanager, Chivi Vireo, Tumbes Pewee
Pacific Hornero, Summer Tanager, Chivi Vireo, Tumbes Pewee
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
#Ecuador, #Manabi #birds Nice outing to Refugio de la Tomatera - #BirdsSeenIn2025
Pacific Hornero, Summer Tanager, Chivi Vireo, Tumbes Pewee
Pacific Hornero, Summer Tanager, Chivi Vireo, Tumbes Pewee
Lovely day exploring areas within the CBC circle for #Chone #Ecuador, #Manabi. I think this final image is a Slaty Becard. #BirdsSeenIn2025
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Lovely day exploring areas within the CBC circle for #Chone #Ecuador, #Manabi. I think this final image is a Slaty Becard. #BirdsSeenIn2025
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador, #Manabi, #Chone Wood Storks, Great Black Hawk, Streaked Flycatcher & Long-billed Starthroat.
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 AM
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador, #Manabi, #Chone Wood Storks, Great Black Hawk, Streaked Flycatcher & Long-billed Starthroat.
Does anyone else suffer from a birding hangover the day after Migratory Bird Day/October Big Day?! Ah, but it was worth the long hours in the field!
#Birds, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador
Hook-billed Kite, Cocoi, Anhinga, and one mystery bird. Can anyone help with its ID?
ebird.org/tripreport/4...
#Birds, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador
Hook-billed Kite, Cocoi, Anhinga, and one mystery bird. Can anyone help with its ID?
ebird.org/tripreport/4...
October 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Does anyone else suffer from a birding hangover the day after Migratory Bird Day/October Big Day?! Ah, but it was worth the long hours in the field!
#Birds, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador
Hook-billed Kite, Cocoi, Anhinga, and one mystery bird. Can anyone help with its ID?
ebird.org/tripreport/4...
#Birds, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador
Hook-billed Kite, Cocoi, Anhinga, and one mystery bird. Can anyone help with its ID?
ebird.org/tripreport/4...
#Ecuador, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Birds
Eastern Kingbirds showed up this week at Parque las Vegas/Portoviejo two months earlier than usual for this location.
Nearby were the Western Cattle Egret, Neotropic Cormorant and the lovely Purple Gallinules
Eastern Kingbirds showed up this week at Parque las Vegas/Portoviejo two months earlier than usual for this location.
Nearby were the Western Cattle Egret, Neotropic Cormorant and the lovely Purple Gallinules
October 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
#Ecuador, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Birds
Eastern Kingbirds showed up this week at Parque las Vegas/Portoviejo two months earlier than usual for this location.
Nearby were the Western Cattle Egret, Neotropic Cormorant and the lovely Purple Gallinules
Eastern Kingbirds showed up this week at Parque las Vegas/Portoviejo two months earlier than usual for this location.
Nearby were the Western Cattle Egret, Neotropic Cormorant and the lovely Purple Gallinules
#Ecuador, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Birds
Scouting before #WorldMigratoryBirdDay #OctoberBigDay - some lovely species showed up for roll call at the boca of Rio Portoviejo.
American Kestrel, Black-bellied Plover, Semi Palmated Plover, Wilson's Plover
Scouting before #WorldMigratoryBirdDay #OctoberBigDay - some lovely species showed up for roll call at the boca of Rio Portoviejo.
American Kestrel, Black-bellied Plover, Semi Palmated Plover, Wilson's Plover
October 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
#Ecuador, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Birds
Scouting before #WorldMigratoryBirdDay #OctoberBigDay - some lovely species showed up for roll call at the boca of Rio Portoviejo.
American Kestrel, Black-bellied Plover, Semi Palmated Plover, Wilson's Plover
Scouting before #WorldMigratoryBirdDay #OctoberBigDay - some lovely species showed up for roll call at the boca of Rio Portoviejo.
American Kestrel, Black-bellied Plover, Semi Palmated Plover, Wilson's Plover
Guess how many seeds were in one of those small fruits?
People often ask how the birds survive during extended dry seasons. If the natural habitat is not disturbed, they have many options, like these tasty fruits and the tiny wild tomatoes that also thrive along the roadside.
(200 seeds!)
People often ask how the birds survive during extended dry seasons. If the natural habitat is not disturbed, they have many options, like these tasty fruits and the tiny wild tomatoes that also thrive along the roadside.
(200 seeds!)
October 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Guess how many seeds were in one of those small fruits?
People often ask how the birds survive during extended dry seasons. If the natural habitat is not disturbed, they have many options, like these tasty fruits and the tiny wild tomatoes that also thrive along the roadside.
(200 seeds!)
People often ask how the birds survive during extended dry seasons. If the natural habitat is not disturbed, they have many options, like these tasty fruits and the tiny wild tomatoes that also thrive along the roadside.
(200 seeds!)
Exploring the remaining fragments of Western #Ecuador 's Tumbesian Region, I was captivated by the beauty of this well-behaved vine. iNaturalist provided identification: Passiflora-colinvauxii - endemic to Ecuador. A year later the flowers showed another facet. And now: the ripe fruits! #Manabi
October 7, 2025 at 12:14 AM
(Refugio de la Tomatera-Manabi)
Working on art in the bosque often provides memorable birding experiences. Flitting near where I worked were these species: Ecuadorian Piculet, Tropical Parula,Streaked Saltator and Necklaced Spinetail. #birds, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador, #Portoviejo
Working on art in the bosque often provides memorable birding experiences. Flitting near where I worked were these species: Ecuadorian Piculet, Tropical Parula,Streaked Saltator and Necklaced Spinetail. #birds, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador, #Portoviejo
October 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
(Refugio de la Tomatera-Manabi)
Working on art in the bosque often provides memorable birding experiences. Flitting near where I worked were these species: Ecuadorian Piculet, Tropical Parula,Streaked Saltator and Necklaced Spinetail. #birds, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador, #Portoviejo
Working on art in the bosque often provides memorable birding experiences. Flitting near where I worked were these species: Ecuadorian Piculet, Tropical Parula,Streaked Saltator and Necklaced Spinetail. #birds, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador, #Portoviejo
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador, Species registered in earlier posts for 2025 but worthy of the spotlight: Groove-billed Anis, Golden-olive Woodpecker, Black-cheeked Woodpeckers and one glorious Collared Aracari
#Chone, #Ricaurte, #RFI, #RegenerationFieldInstitute, #Birds
#Chone, #Ricaurte, #RFI, #RegenerationFieldInstitute, #Birds
August 11, 2025 at 6:57 AM
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador, Species registered in earlier posts for 2025 but worthy of the spotlight: Groove-billed Anis, Golden-olive Woodpecker, Black-cheeked Woodpeckers and one glorious Collared Aracari
#Chone, #Ricaurte, #RFI, #RegenerationFieldInstitute, #Birds
#Chone, #Ricaurte, #RFI, #RegenerationFieldInstitute, #Birds
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador, #Manabi
Buff-throated Saltator, Gray-lined Hawk (Buteo nitidus) - at dawn, Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis) and Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
Buff-throated Saltator, Gray-lined Hawk (Buteo nitidus) - at dawn, Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis) and Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
August 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador, #Manabi
Buff-throated Saltator, Gray-lined Hawk (Buteo nitidus) - at dawn, Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis) and Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
Buff-throated Saltator, Gray-lined Hawk (Buteo nitidus) - at dawn, Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis) and Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
#birdsSeenIn2025, #birds, #Ecuador, #Chone, #Manabi
Collared Aracari - Pteroglossus torquatus, White-tipped Dove -Leptotila verreauxi, Masked Tityra -Tityra semifasciata, Guira Tanager - Hemithraupis guira
Lovely weekend 'slow birding' with friends Oswaldo y Stefany.
ebird.org/tripreport/4...
Collared Aracari - Pteroglossus torquatus, White-tipped Dove -Leptotila verreauxi, Masked Tityra -Tityra semifasciata, Guira Tanager - Hemithraupis guira
Lovely weekend 'slow birding' with friends Oswaldo y Stefany.
ebird.org/tripreport/4...
August 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
#birdsSeenIn2025, #birds, #Ecuador, #Chone, #Manabi
Collared Aracari - Pteroglossus torquatus, White-tipped Dove -Leptotila verreauxi, Masked Tityra -Tityra semifasciata, Guira Tanager - Hemithraupis guira
Lovely weekend 'slow birding' with friends Oswaldo y Stefany.
ebird.org/tripreport/4...
Collared Aracari - Pteroglossus torquatus, White-tipped Dove -Leptotila verreauxi, Masked Tityra -Tityra semifasciata, Guira Tanager - Hemithraupis guira
Lovely weekend 'slow birding' with friends Oswaldo y Stefany.
ebird.org/tripreport/4...
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador, #Manabi
A student birding outing to friends' shrimp picinas at the boca/Rio Portoviejo. Whimbrels, Willet, Black-bellied Plover, Comb Ducks, Fulvous Whistling Ducks, Black-bellied Wh. Ducks, Black-necked Stilts, Roseate Spoonbills, Tri-colored Heron, Spotted Sandpiper 👍
A student birding outing to friends' shrimp picinas at the boca/Rio Portoviejo. Whimbrels, Willet, Black-bellied Plover, Comb Ducks, Fulvous Whistling Ducks, Black-bellied Wh. Ducks, Black-necked Stilts, Roseate Spoonbills, Tri-colored Heron, Spotted Sandpiper 👍
August 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador, #Manabi
A student birding outing to friends' shrimp picinas at the boca/Rio Portoviejo. Whimbrels, Willet, Black-bellied Plover, Comb Ducks, Fulvous Whistling Ducks, Black-bellied Wh. Ducks, Black-necked Stilts, Roseate Spoonbills, Tri-colored Heron, Spotted Sandpiper 👍
A student birding outing to friends' shrimp picinas at the boca/Rio Portoviejo. Whimbrels, Willet, Black-bellied Plover, Comb Ducks, Fulvous Whistling Ducks, Black-bellied Wh. Ducks, Black-necked Stilts, Roseate Spoonbills, Tri-colored Heron, Spotted Sandpiper 👍
#Birds, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador, #Portoviejo
How's this for Sunday Eye Candy?
Three adorable Burrowing Owls at Parque las Vegas!
A Common Potoo as a bonus!
I could've stayed there all afternoon just staring and smiling!
How's this for Sunday Eye Candy?
Three adorable Burrowing Owls at Parque las Vegas!
A Common Potoo as a bonus!
I could've stayed there all afternoon just staring and smiling!
July 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
#Birds, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador, #Portoviejo
How's this for Sunday Eye Candy?
Three adorable Burrowing Owls at Parque las Vegas!
A Common Potoo as a bonus!
I could've stayed there all afternoon just staring and smiling!
How's this for Sunday Eye Candy?
Three adorable Burrowing Owls at Parque las Vegas!
A Common Potoo as a bonus!
I could've stayed there all afternoon just staring and smiling!
#mangroveDay, #birds, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador
After a jr-high basketball tournament, I balanced the rest of World Mangrove Day in the serene setting of shrimp ponds near the mouth of Rio Portoviejo (Ecuador.)
Paz
White-cheeked Pintail, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, White-browed Gnatcatcher
After a jr-high basketball tournament, I balanced the rest of World Mangrove Day in the serene setting of shrimp ponds near the mouth of Rio Portoviejo (Ecuador.)
Paz
White-cheeked Pintail, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, White-browed Gnatcatcher
July 27, 2025 at 6:04 AM
#mangroveDay, #birds, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador
After a jr-high basketball tournament, I balanced the rest of World Mangrove Day in the serene setting of shrimp ponds near the mouth of Rio Portoviejo (Ecuador.)
Paz
White-cheeked Pintail, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, White-browed Gnatcatcher
After a jr-high basketball tournament, I balanced the rest of World Mangrove Day in the serene setting of shrimp ponds near the mouth of Rio Portoviejo (Ecuador.)
Paz
White-cheeked Pintail, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, White-browed Gnatcatcher
#mangroveDay, #birds, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador
Neotropic Cormorant, Yellow (Mangrove) Warbler, Green Kingfisher
Rio Portoviejo - Manabi - Ecuador
Neotropic Cormorant, Yellow (Mangrove) Warbler, Green Kingfisher
Rio Portoviejo - Manabi - Ecuador
July 27, 2025 at 5:53 AM
#mangroveDay, #birds, #BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador
Neotropic Cormorant, Yellow (Mangrove) Warbler, Green Kingfisher
Rio Portoviejo - Manabi - Ecuador
Neotropic Cormorant, Yellow (Mangrove) Warbler, Green Kingfisher
Rio Portoviejo - Manabi - Ecuador
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #Birds, #Ecuador, #Manabi
Look who dropped in to a child's first birthday gatherinig!
Gartered Trogon & Ecuadorian Trogon traded places in the cecropias, then far far away the Rufous-headed Chachalacas were in stealth mode. (Can you find the chachalaca in the final image?)
Look who dropped in to a child's first birthday gatherinig!
Gartered Trogon & Ecuadorian Trogon traded places in the cecropias, then far far away the Rufous-headed Chachalacas were in stealth mode. (Can you find the chachalaca in the final image?)
July 21, 2025 at 2:52 AM
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #Birds, #Ecuador, #Manabi
Look who dropped in to a child's first birthday gatherinig!
Gartered Trogon & Ecuadorian Trogon traded places in the cecropias, then far far away the Rufous-headed Chachalacas were in stealth mode. (Can you find the chachalaca in the final image?)
Look who dropped in to a child's first birthday gatherinig!
Gartered Trogon & Ecuadorian Trogon traded places in the cecropias, then far far away the Rufous-headed Chachalacas were in stealth mode. (Can you find the chachalaca in the final image?)
Reposting this one for the #BirdsSeenIn2025 - American Oystercatcher and Willet for Ecuador...
#Birds, #BirdsSeenIn2025,#Manta Birds seen/Manta Ecuador - Laughing Gulls, American Oystercatcher, Willet, Long-tailed Grackle, Osprey.
July 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Reposting this one for the #BirdsSeenIn2025 - American Oystercatcher and Willet for Ecuador...
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #Birds, #Portoviejo, #Ecuador
More special bird moments from this week: Cocoi Heron, Great Egret, young Wattled Jacana, Limpkin, Smooth-billed Ani
More special bird moments from this week: Cocoi Heron, Great Egret, young Wattled Jacana, Limpkin, Smooth-billed Ani
July 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #Birds, #Portoviejo, #Ecuador
More special bird moments from this week: Cocoi Heron, Great Egret, young Wattled Jacana, Limpkin, Smooth-billed Ani
More special bird moments from this week: Cocoi Heron, Great Egret, young Wattled Jacana, Limpkin, Smooth-billed Ani
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #Birds
Birds seen this week, Manabi Province, Ecuador
Common Potoo (yay!), Osprey (Yay!), two new Burrowing Owls, (Yay-Yay!) and Black-crowned Night Heron, Great Egret, Neotropical Cormrants, Cocoi Heron - a great week of birding!
Birds seen this week, Manabi Province, Ecuador
Common Potoo (yay!), Osprey (Yay!), two new Burrowing Owls, (Yay-Yay!) and Black-crowned Night Heron, Great Egret, Neotropical Cormrants, Cocoi Heron - a great week of birding!
July 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #Birds
Birds seen this week, Manabi Province, Ecuador
Common Potoo (yay!), Osprey (Yay!), two new Burrowing Owls, (Yay-Yay!) and Black-crowned Night Heron, Great Egret, Neotropical Cormrants, Cocoi Heron - a great week of birding!
Birds seen this week, Manabi Province, Ecuador
Common Potoo (yay!), Osprey (Yay!), two new Burrowing Owls, (Yay-Yay!) and Black-crowned Night Heron, Great Egret, Neotropical Cormrants, Cocoi Heron - a great week of birding!
Chone Ecuador. A tribute to earth, wind, fire and water at this past weekend's Seed Exchange near Represa Rio Grande. Most photos are still in the camera - more soon! Lisa
July 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Chone Ecuador. A tribute to earth, wind, fire and water at this past weekend's Seed Exchange near Represa Rio Grande. Most photos are still in the camera - more soon! Lisa