Birding Northwest Ecuador is more than just a travel guide; it is an insight into the most biodiverse region of the world. Written for the independent birder, it describes the best locations to observe birds within its area of focus. It relates not only the birding regions but provides detailed maps on how to best reach these location at an economical price. There are trail maps for most of the reserves as well as food and lodging suggestions for every budget. Best of all, there are detailed bird lists for each of the location making it easy to record each sighting along your route.
Unreadable Maps Take Away from an Excellent Resource This is a frustrating example of a book having a core of excellent information while the actual experience of using it in electronic form leaves much to be desired. The problem is the set of maps that are very important to the book’s use – and are largely unreadable. I have gone through the Kindle version, using both an iPhone 6, and a desktop iMac. The maps have microscopic print, and if, as on the iphone, one tries to increase the size, the resolution is not there it allow reading the…
welcome information When I prepared for my first trip to Ecuador in 2015 the only published bird-finding guides were in fact 1997 volumes which had gone out of print. They gave me a bit of orientation, but a guide like this would have been so much more helpful. It’s not perfect, but some reviewers seem to expect either a field guide or a travel guide. You’ll need to get a field guide, and you’ll have to do a bit of research regarding lodging options, dining, transport, etc. But the introductory chapter offers…
Trip preparation review Found the descriptions very helpful. Suggestions of different lodges and areas for specific birds will be used for our trip to Ecuador in 2018.