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, 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
What a refreshing surprise to see this notification - and for a few seconds wondered whose quote I was reading.. and then chuckled.
Will close with more Cocoi Heron eye candy! #birds, #birdsSeenIn2025
Thanks!
Will close with more Cocoi Heron eye candy! #birds, #birdsSeenIn2025
Thanks!
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
What a refreshing surprise to see this notification - and for a few seconds wondered whose quote I was reading.. and then chuckled.
Will close with more Cocoi Heron eye candy! #birds, #birdsSeenIn2025
Thanks!
Will close with more Cocoi Heron eye candy! #birds, #birdsSeenIn2025
Thanks!
#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.
It's important to purge that grief.
👍We have three Anis here: Smooth-billed, Groove-billed, and Greater (Crotophaga major)
I've also painted the Groove-billed with colors: "...so what IF the Groove-billed Ani wore rainbow colors? Would it be nearing extinction - prized for its colorful feathers?"
👍We have three Anis here: Smooth-billed, Groove-billed, and Greater (Crotophaga major)
I've also painted the Groove-billed with colors: "...so what IF the Groove-billed Ani wore rainbow colors? Would it be nearing extinction - prized for its colorful feathers?"
October 31, 2025 at 4:24 AM
It's important to purge that grief.
👍We have three Anis here: Smooth-billed, Groove-billed, and Greater (Crotophaga major)
I've also painted the Groove-billed with colors: "...so what IF the Groove-billed Ani wore rainbow colors? Would it be nearing extinction - prized for its colorful feathers?"
👍We have three Anis here: Smooth-billed, Groove-billed, and Greater (Crotophaga major)
I've also painted the Groove-billed with colors: "...so what IF the Groove-billed Ani wore rainbow colors? Would it be nearing extinction - prized for its colorful feathers?"
Your Substack post was sensitive and informative; thanks for including the recommendations and links.
Here is the drawing I worked on - not only in the field but also late at night as I kept one eye on Melissa's path.
Finished at 4 last night/early morning. Now I'm working on the color version.
Here is the drawing I worked on - not only in the field but also late at night as I kept one eye on Melissa's path.
Finished at 4 last night/early morning. Now I'm working on the color version.
October 31, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Your Substack post was sensitive and informative; thanks for including the recommendations and links.
Here is the drawing I worked on - not only in the field but also late at night as I kept one eye on Melissa's path.
Finished at 4 last night/early morning. Now I'm working on the color version.
Here is the drawing I worked on - not only in the field but also late at night as I kept one eye on Melissa's path.
Finished at 4 last night/early morning. Now I'm working on the color version.
This coastal area of SW Ecuador and NW Peru is the Tumbesian Region, home of 55 endemic bird species. The majority of birds that showed up yesterday and today were endemics. Here are a few: Long-tailed Mockingbird, Pacific Parrotlets, Croaking Ground-dove (yes they croak!) (Gray day, dull photos)
October 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This coastal area of SW Ecuador and NW Peru is the Tumbesian Region, home of 55 endemic bird species. The majority of birds that showed up yesterday and today were endemics. Here are a few: Long-tailed Mockingbird, Pacific Parrotlets, Croaking Ground-dove (yes they croak!) (Gray day, dull photos)
Concerns about Melissa's path and strength have shadowed me as I worked on a pencil drawing this weekend. Instead of calling it 'Muyuyu Botanical,' I should probably rename it, "Thinking of Emma."
Today was gray, windy and chilly here at almost sea level on the equator.
Sympathy/empathy weather?
Today was gray, windy and chilly here at almost sea level on the equator.
Sympathy/empathy weather?
October 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Concerns about Melissa's path and strength have shadowed me as I worked on a pencil drawing this weekend. Instead of calling it 'Muyuyu Botanical,' I should probably rename it, "Thinking of Emma."
Today was gray, windy and chilly here at almost sea level on the equator.
Sympathy/empathy weather?
Today was gray, windy and chilly here at almost sea level on the equator.
Sympathy/empathy weather?
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador - the mystery bird is the Yellow-olive Flatbill (Tolmomyias sulphurescens)
I keep forgetting to add the Swallow-tailed Kite from May2025
I keep forgetting to add the Swallow-tailed Kite from May2025
October 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
#BirdsSeenIn2025, #Ecuador - the mystery bird is the Yellow-olive Flatbill (Tolmomyias sulphurescens)
I keep forgetting to add the Swallow-tailed Kite from May2025
I keep forgetting to add the Swallow-tailed Kite from May2025
When out with new birders, I print numbered checklists and can say, 'Pearl Kite - 23' and say the number in Spanish. They find #23 and see its name in Spanish. All ducks are grouped under D (Teal, Pintails,Whistling Ducks) also doves under D.
This grouping might work for your website needs.
This grouping might work for your website needs.
October 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
When out with new birders, I print numbered checklists and can say, 'Pearl Kite - 23' and say the number in Spanish. They find #23 and see its name in Spanish. All ducks are grouped under D (Teal, Pintails,Whistling Ducks) also doves under D.
This grouping might work for your website needs.
This grouping might work for your website needs.
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
I remember trying to identify a bird sound in western Ecuador. It was months before finally seeing the bird that made the sound. Years later w/a friend I heard one and said, 'Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant,' and he asked, "Are you sure?"
I laughed, 'For sure!' and a minute later the bird appeared!
I laughed, 'For sure!' and a minute later the bird appeared!
August 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I remember trying to identify a bird sound in western Ecuador. It was months before finally seeing the bird that made the sound. Years later w/a friend I heard one and said, 'Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant,' and he asked, "Are you sure?"
I laughed, 'For sure!' and a minute later the bird appeared!
I laughed, 'For sure!' and a minute later the bird appeared!
#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)
Thanks, Emma - @petchary.bsky.social
The outing followed the 'tsunami' warning from the day before. Lovely time and lots of space for everyone to wander, practice identifying various species, etc. web.facebook.com/PortoviejoLa...
The outing followed the 'tsunami' warning from the day before. Lovely time and lots of space for everyone to wander, practice identifying various species, etc. web.facebook.com/PortoviejoLa...
August 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Thanks, Emma - @petchary.bsky.social
The outing followed the 'tsunami' warning from the day before. Lovely time and lots of space for everyone to wander, practice identifying various species, etc. web.facebook.com/PortoviejoLa...
The outing followed the 'tsunami' warning from the day before. Lovely time and lots of space for everyone to wander, practice identifying various species, etc. web.facebook.com/PortoviejoLa...
#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