Work continues on the casita. The tile roof will be returned to its former "glory." A new door has been cut between the two rooms and the bathroom replaced. The walls are about two feet thick and the restoration is being done with fresh adobe and rough timbers.



New addition to the "life list" is the Golden Olive Woodpecker.

Hacienda Tabachiri -- Asuncion, Azuay, Ecuador

Reconstruction of our 70 year old adobe complex has begun.



-building the puerta

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-sunset over the Andes (from our front porch)

We are restoring La Casita first which will be our living quarters while working on La Casa Huespedes--the guest house.

new roof, adobe wall restoration

Meanwhile, we are sighting birds from the front porch including:

1. Pacific Parrotlet
2. Pacific Hornero
3. Vermillion Flycatcher
4. House Wren
5. Tropical Kingbird
6. Peruvian Meadowlark
7. Groove Billed Ani
8. Turkey Vulture
9. Chiguanco Thrush
10. Great Thrush
11. Amazilia Hummingbird
12. Blue-Gray Tanager
13. Green Kingfisher
14. White-Tipped Dove
15. Scrub Blackbird
16. Croaking Ground-Dove
17. Gray-backed Hawk (?)

Pacific Parrotlet

Peruvian Meadowlark