Bird list for La Esperanza:
Jardin_LaEsperanza_Aves_mar2025- WEB
Mammal List for La Esperanza:
Associated iNaturalist guide:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?project_id=11774nmb
Here are just a few of our favorite birds here:
The Andean Guan, “El Gallito de la Roca”, spent the better part of 2023 on-site daily.
Its’ characteristic croaks became routine in the Cecropia by my house.
The Red-headed Barbet, “El Torito”, with its’ long hoot-like trill.
This female just happened to slam into my balcony window! Always sad to see,
but always fun to have the bird in hand (Better than 2 in the bush, eh?)
The Yellow-eared Parrot is clearly the star of SW Antioquia,
certainly around its’ breeding grounds nearby. We get plenty here for our Crotons
when they are in seed. We’ve planted several hundred wax palms for a future colony,
but it can’t really establish itself before about 50 years after my death!
More mammals will come soon, but these three each have significance:
The “White-nosed Coati“, or cusumbo, is first on the left.
It moved in about 2 years ago, and was a great joy to us all for adding to the list,
but we have yet to see any signs of breeding,
despite the large number of videos we’ve got of this individual.
The Grey-bellied Night-Monkey, or “mico buho”, is in the middle. It has only
visited once that we know of in 14 years,
but during which we managed to get a video.
The Crab-eating Fox is always fun. this is one of a dozen videos we have
with a fox carrying freshly caught prey. They are the measurement for
the passages below our chain-link fence,
so only chihuahua dogs can enter the reserve occasionally.
