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Ecuador – Part 3

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7/2/2023

Early morning at Sachatamia bird hide. A large white sheet had been illuminated overnight to attract moths. The moths then attracted insect eating birds.

Barred Forest-falcon

Strong-billed Woodcreeper

Masked Trogon

Golden-crowned Flycatcher

Slate-throated Whitestart

After breakfast we went to Coco Andino a cafe with bird feeders. Some good birds here including a Maroon-chested Ground Dove that was a lifer for our guide.

Golden Tanager

Golden-naped Tanager

Flame-rumped Tanager

Blue-necked Tanager

Red-headed Barbet

White-lined Tanager

Maroon-chested Ground Dove

This was becoming a busy day and our next stop was Alambi.

White-necked Jacobin

White-capped Dipper

Pale-legged Hornero

We then went to Balcon Tumpiki a feeding station run by a local family.

Plate-billed Mountain-toucan

Blue-winged Mountain-tanager

Crimson-rumped Toucanet

Sickle-winged Guan

Velvet-purple Coronet

Violet-tailed Sylph

Ecuador – Part 2

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3/2/2023

We started the day back at Podocarpus National Park.

Sickle-winged Guan

Lineated Woodpecker

Blue-necked Tanager

In the afternoon we drove to Loja with a number of interesting stops on the way.

Fasciated Tiger-heron

We stopped at Rio Zamora to look for Torrent Ducks. We were successful and a massive bonus was to see Oilbirds here as well.

Torrent Ducks

Oilbirds


As soon as we had arrived in Loja and booked into our hotel we were back out looking for Koepcke’s Screech Owl.

Koepcke’s Screech Owl

4/2/2023

We left Loja to travel to Casa Simpson, with a couple of stops on the way.

Croaking Ground Dove

Amethyst-throated Sunangel

Collared Inca

Chestnut-breasted Coronet

Chestnut-capped Brush-finch

Yellow-breasted Brushfinch

Masked Flowerpiercer

Grey-breasted Mountain-toucan

5/2/2023

we spent all day around Casa Simpson. Our main target was Jocotoco Antpitta and we saw one on our second attempt, in the afternoon, when our guide managed to whistle one out onto the path we were on.

Jocotoco Antpitta

Barred Fruiteaters

6/2/2033

A morning walk, then we drove to the airport and flew back to Quito. We then drove to Sachatamia Lodge where we would be staying for the next two nights.