Photo Gallery

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Shorebirds and flamingoes with the city of Salinas and La Puntilla in the background. April 2005
Photo by Ben Haase

ECUASAL panorama and Murray Cooper, March 2006.
Photo by Ben Haase


Salt, La Puntilla, birds and Salinas, March 2005.
Photo by Ben Haase


Black-necked Stilt in flight, March 2005.
Photo by Ben Haase


A group of Black-necked Stilts, January 2005.
Photo by Ben Haase

Black-necked Stilt,  March 2005.
Photo by Ben Haase


Laboratory waste drainage,  January 2007.
Photo by Ben Haase


Red-necked Phalarope and Semipalmated Sandpiper, November 2005.
Photo by Ben Haase


Wilson’s Phalaropes in breeding plumage, April, 2005.
Photo by Ben Haase


Wilson’s Phalarope, August 2005.  
Photo by Ben Haase.


Wilson’s Phalaropes in flight, November 2005.
Photo by Ben Haase

Willet, in flight, December 2006.
Photo by Ben Haase


Color-banded Sanderling, January 2005.
Photo by F. Felix


Gray-headed Gull in breeding plumage,  Mayo 2005.
Photo by Ben Haase.


Mixed-species shorebirds, January 2005.
Photo by Ben Haase

 


Three species of terns, December 2006.
Photo by Ben Haase


Snowy Plover with chick, January 2005.
Photo by Ben Haase


Gull-billed Terns, April, 2005.
Photo by Ben Haase


Cocoi Heron, April 2005.
Photo by Ben Haase


Several species of waterbirds, March, 2005.
Photo by Ben Haase


Ecuasal sign,
[Private property; no entrante; armed guard],
December 2006.
Photo by Ben Haase
Site Facts

Country, State,
Province/Region:
Ecuador
Province of Guayas, Santa Elena Peninsula

Relative Location:
The Salinas lakes are located 1 km southeast of the town of the same name and the Pacoa lakes are 10 Km from Santa Elena (15 Km from Salinas) between San Pablo and Monteverde.

Latitude/Longitude:
ECUASAL Salinas: 02º 13´S 80º58´O,
Pacoa: 02º 05´S 80º44´O

Category:
Site of Regional Importance

Basis for Designation:
More than 20,000 shorebirds per year

Size:
ECUASAL Salinas: 500 ha,
ECUASAL Pacoa: approximately 800 ha

Joined:
16 January 2007

Site Owner/Steward:
Ecuatoriana de Sal y Productos Químicos C.A. (ECUASAL)

Site Partners:
Aves & Conservación / Ben Haase (Local ornithologist)

Human Population within 100 km:
200,000 people; fluctuates according to the season, increasing between November and April.

Contact:
Ecuatoriana de Sal y Productos Químicos C.A. (ECUASAL), (593 )4 – 232 5666: info@ecuasal.com
Nicolas Febres-Cordero G. (nico@ecuasal.com)
Juan García (jgarcia@ecuasal.com)
Raúl García (rgarcia@ecuasal.com)

Ben Haase, bhaase@ecua.net.ec,
(593) 4 277 8329 ó 277 7335
(Museo de Ballenas de la Fundación Ecuatoriana para el Estudio de Mamíferos Marinos (FEMM), www.fem.org)

Aves &Conservación,
aves_direccion@avesconservacion.org
(593) 2 2271800