The Pacific Hornero, according to one source, is found only in Ecuador and Peru. The family of Horneros takes its name from the oven-shaped mud nests these birds build, "horno" being the Spanish word for the outdoor oven that is often seen beside country homes in South America. I hadn't anticipated seeing this bird, but did encounter a small group of them walking around on the weedy edge of a dirt road.
The Flycatcher
To describe my lifelong fascination with flight and with creatures that fly I like to echo the words of John James Audubon who in 1839 wrote of himself as "...one who never can cease to admire and to study with zeal and the most heartfelt reverence, the wonderful productions of an Almighty Creator."
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