Birds, Birds, Birds!! Dr. Martinez’ Publication “El Perico” made extensive use of birds as symbols. So lets see some birds!!
The Poet in “El Perico” went by the pseudonym of “The Nightingale” (Spanish: “Ruisenor”). His real name was Joseph Lapierre:
“Mr. Woodpecker” (Spanish: “Don Pico Carpintero”) was a bird in “El Perico”. Three videos of Woodpeckers are below:
Pileated Woodpecker:
Pileated Woodpecker
Guayaquil Woodpecker:
Slideshow of Birds of Ecuador (and Parakeets and Woodpeckers):
Ready to see a large selection of the birds of Ecuador? Click on the links below (Note: when you click these links, a new browser window or tab will open to display the slideshow …you’ll need to close that window/tab when you are finished to return to fxmartinez.net):
The Birds of Ecuador #1 (pbase: Dubi Shapiro)
The Birds of Ecuador #2 (pbase: Bruce Taubert)
The Birds of Ecuador #3 (pbase: Christian Giljam)
The Birds of Ecuador #4 (pbase: Linda Alley)
….and here’s an excellent selection of Woodpeckers:
Woodpeckers (pbase: Mac Knight)