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How long it took me to get all the Guayaquil´s photos?
How many days? weeks? months? hahaha, it only took me
TWO DAYS!!!
Yes there are photos from other places, but most of the photos were taken in one park and in two days.
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So, birdwatching in Guayaquil. Wow! this topic really appeals to me http://www.guayaquilaguidedvisit.com/
First of all we must say that Guayaquil is by far the most spectacular city for birdwatching in Ecuador .
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Before we continue talking about Guayaquil and its abundance in birds we must remember that Ecuador is ranked worldwide as one of the top four countries in the world.
Brasil, Peru and Colombia the other three.
Then something interesting must be noted. We're the smallest of the four top countries and that fact produces then the obvious result we're the country with more birds per square mile in the world.
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To what do we owe this honor?.
We've talked about this in another upload, the fact that two of the most important oceanic currents meeting right in front of the coasts of Ecuador (the warm current of El Niño and the cold current of Humboldt). Then the geographical location of the country right at the equatorial line = parallel 0.
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The mighty Andes cutting in half the country, with the before mentioned coasts on the west side of the mountains and the mighty Amazon jungle on the east. So yeah all these factors add up to a place that has all the weathers imaginable within a few hours car drive.
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Back to GUAYAQUIL and why the abundance of birds, there is no place in this city in which if you stop and watch (and there are any kinds of vegetation near you) that you will spot at least half a dozen species within the first two to five minutes.
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Yeah it is UNBELIEVABLE!!
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THE CITY is crisscrossed by "biological alleys" =avenues with big trees that allow the birds to move around the city in peace from one park, hill, forest to another.
Then the city itself has a longitudinal design with two rivers of its long axis. East side the mighty Guayas river and west the El Salado estuary.
So as you can see the city has all the characteristics needed to be a heaven for birds.
So, what next?
Grab your binoculars, your big fat camera and explore!!!
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Is it only Guayaquil paradise for birdwatchers then?
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We must remember that Guayaquil is thh gateway to the Galapagos islands. All flights going to the Galapagos Islands depart exclusively from Guayaquil and also return to Guayaquil first, which offers travelers the opportunity to explore the city and its surroundings. Any other notion when visiting the galapagos islands is nonsense, I mean Going to the Galapagos islands and departing from any other city? Absurd! your flight will pass by Guayaquil and only then it will fly to the archipelago, (the same will happen on your way back of course)
The weather in the galapagos? is exactly the same as it is in Guayaquil, altitude of the city? at the sea level ( just like the Galapagos) again, GUAYAQUIL/GALAPAGOS: THE PERFECT COMBINATION.
But let´s go back to birdwatching in Guayaquil and surrounding areas, to the east we have the CHURUTE MANGROVES RESERVE, located on 25 miles away from Guayaquil, tight in the middle of the Guayas river basin, with way more than 300 species of birds registered !!!
andif we go west 90 miles towards the coast, we´ll visit a place with almost 150 species of marine birds!!!!
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But really, talking about birdwatching both in CHURUTE as well as in the coeast deserve their own uploads.
So we´ll have to wait for that.
So yeah final statement: GUAYAQUIL AND SURROUNDING AREAS, IS A PARADISE FOR BIRDWATCHERS
