Owi Photo Tours

Ethical Birding Photography Tours in Ecuador, the most biodiverse country per km² 📷🦜

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— Eugene (Gino) Ellison
American Birding Association 2023 Big Year Birder with 801 species joined us for a 8-day custom-made bird photography tour to the northwest and northeast of Pichincha, Ecuador.

Thank you Gino for your feedback!

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Take action now to protect Yasuní National Park! Join us in demanding that President Noboa respect Ecuador's popular vote and immediately end oil drilling in this biodiverse region. #EndAmazonCrude #SaveYasuni https://t.co/iO8wo30I5l

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Orgullosos de colaborar con iniciativas como el Ave Emblemática de #Pichincha por la protección de las aves y la naturaleza y el desarrollo de actividades sostenibles como el aviturismo. Gran esfuerzo de @PaolaPabonC y @PichinchaGob que ojalá se pueda implementar a nivel nacional

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Ven a observar cóndores, bandurrias, venados, lobos andinos (y con suerte osos de anteojos) en el Parque Nacional Antisana y aprende sobre “la importancia del páramo” con nosotros. Asegura tu cupo por tan solo $60 (incluye transporte y almuerzo). Más info:
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PLEASE SIGN THIS 🙏 Ecuador’s President Noboa Must Respect Democracy and Immediately End Oil Drilling in Yasuní https://t.co/iO8wo30I5l

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📷 Silvery Grebe / Silbertaucher / Zambullidor Plateado (Podiceps occipitalis)
📍Colta Lake, Ecuador
#BirdsSeenIn2024 #ecuador #birdphotography #birdwatching #birding #bird #wildlifephotography

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Here's to a new year of #BirdsSeenIn2024 starting with this Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant / Weißbrauen-Grundtyrann / Dormilona del Páramo (Muscisaxicola alpinus)
📍Chimborazo Fauna Production Reserve, Ecuador #birdphotography #birdwatching #chimborazo #Ecuador

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Thank you! The @owiphototours team is super excited that our book Birds of the Middle of the World made it to Colombia! If you're ever in to Ecuador let's go photograph birds together 📷🦜

[Mauricio Olaya @maurobucaro]

Un feliz comenzar de año con lo que me apasiona: saborear un buen café y aprender de los mejores sobre el universo alado.
Tres novedades:
- Segunda edición mejorada de Aves Silvestres de Colombia de @rodrigogavirias,
- Aves de la Mitad del Mundo de @owiponce
- Cafe Loma Verde

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It's been such fun to support this year's #BirdsSeenIn2023 challenge and see Ecuador almost making it to the Top 10! Here's to a new chance and a new year of #BirdsSeenIn2024

[The British Nature Guide @Britnatureguide]

Here is the final Top 80 in the #BirdsSeenIn2023 Hashtag Challenge. Thanks to everyone who has supported our friendly competitions over the last 3 years. The regional and overall species stats will be out soon. #BirdsSeenIn2024 is being hosted by @TotoRin0
https://t.co/UJlzj3lN5F

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The @SolarisResource run #Warintza mining project affects one of the most biodiverse places in Ecuadorian Amazon, the Cordillera del Condor, & implies inevitable risks for investors $SLSSF $SLSLS.TO. #PSHAYaDecidio #NoALaMinería https://t.co/3I7tcJb1DT

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To photograph birds in the field, first you have to find them. Second, birds shouldn’t find you!

Swipe to see what we mean 😉

Ecuadorian Hillstar (Oreotrochilus chimborazo)
📍Chimborazo Fauna Production Reserve, #Ecuador

#BirdsSeenIn2023 #birdphotography #birdwatching #birding

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@anamariabuitron Q pena lo sucedido y q las fotos q tienen tanto costo (tiempo, movilizaciones, equipos, edición, etc) para nosotros los dueños de la propiedad intelectual, sea menospreciado por muchos, acostumbrados a usar cualquier imagen ajena! No tengo idea del medio, un pista para no usarlos

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One of the rarest hummingbirds you’ll ever see! Endemic to #Ecuador and found only in the cloud forest near Quito, the Black-breasted Puffleg is critically endangered with around 250 individuals left and about 90% of its habitat lost.
📍Zuro Loma Birding Reserve
#BirdsSeenIn2023

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📷 Cattle Egret / Kuhreiher / Garcilla Bueyera (Bubulcus ibis)
📍 Yahuarcocha Lake, Imbabura, #Ecuador
#BirdsSeenIn2023 #birdwatching #birding #birdphotography #NaturePhotography #birds

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To photograph #birds in the field, first you have to find them!
Ecuadorian Rail / Ecuadotralle / Rascón Ecuatoriano (Rallus aequatorialis)
Yahuarcocha Lake, Imbabura, #Ecuador
#BirdsSeenIn2023 #birdphotography #birdwatching #birding

[UrbanOrnis @UOrnis]

Qué genial poder pajarear en el #OctoberBigDay y al mismo tipo limpiar en minga el río San Pedro junto a nuestro amigos del Colectivo @RioRescate y @owiphototours.

27 kg de basura, 25 especies de aves en menos de 3 horas caminando 850 m.

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About ethical #birdphotography and nesting #birds: Keep a distance, use at least a 500mm lens!
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) photographed in #Ecuador from the other side of a water channel with a 600mm lens (it showed no sign of alarm at our presence) #BirdsSeenIn2023

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Another #bird sighting during our visit to the lakes in Imbabura for World Shorebirds Day
📷 Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
📍 Yahuarcocha Lake, Imbabura #Ecuador #BirdsSeenIn2023 #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #birding #birdsinflight

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📷 Andean Duck / Andenruderente / Malvasía Andina (Oxyura ferruginea)
📍 San Pablo Lake, Imbabura #Ecuador
#BirdsSeenIn2023 #birdphotography #wildlifephotography

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One of the most rare sightings during our World Shorebirds Day Census, as the Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is rarely seen away from sea but we had the chance to photograph it at 2700 MASL at San Pablo Lake, Imbabura #Ecuador #BirdsSeenIn2023 #birdphotography #birdwatching