El Encanto

Published in Birding Magazine October 2025

Thirty years after Melida Cruz released a Golden-eared Tanager from her mother's horsehair trap, the species appeared on the property owned by herself and her husband and changed their life in remarkable ways. The story is shadowed with pain, tragedy, and economic hardships that were eventually overcome through family togetherness and a special relationship with birds.

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