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| Velvet Purple Coronet, Mashpi area, Ecuador, Nov 20, 2015 |
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| Golden Tanager, Mashpi area, Ecuador, Nov 20, 2015 |
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| Golden naped Tanager, Mashpi area, Ecuador, Nov 20, 2015 |
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| Violet tailed Sylph, Mashpi area, Ecuador, Nov 20, 2015 |
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| Glistening Green Tanager, Mashpi area, Ecuador, Nov 20, 2015 |
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| Empress Brilliant, Mashpi area, Ecuador, Nov 20, 2015 |
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| Lyre tailed Nightjar, Mashpi area, Ecuador, Nov 20, 2015 |
The morning and early afternoon of Friday the 20th was spent in Mashpi which is
a bit lower in elevation than the lodge and is located in the foothills. We
walked the road down and then spent some time at a local house that had some
fruit feeders and hummingbird feeders out. The walk down the road produced
quite a few birds but intermittent fog made viewing tough at times. The feeders
were very active and produced a number of hummingbirds including Velvet purple
Coronet, Empress Brilliant, Green Thorntail and Violet tailed Slyph among
others. The feeders also produced tanagers as well including Flame faced,
Golden, Moss backed and Blue gray Tanagers. Once we finished up with those
feeders after the arrival of another large group of birders we walked part of
the road back up and ran across more mixed species flocks. Lots of good birds
but the large group of birders followed us and scared a lot of stuff away. We
got ahead of them and made it to another set of fruit feeders that held
additional tanagers including Black throated Mountain Tanager plus Moss backed
and Rufous throated Tanagers. We then headed back out again with a stop for
lunch before working a few more stretches of road further out which produced
more birds including a roosting Lyre tailed Nightjar. We arrived back at the
lodge in late afternoon in the rain and I spent some more time checking out the
hummingbird feeders which produced double digit species variety once again. We
managed to avoid rain for the day and only had to contend with some fog and
light drizzle a couple times. A total of 99 species for the day was quite respectable.
Full lists:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26008994
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26009176
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| Choco Toucan, Milpi, Ecuador, Nov 21, 2015 |
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| White necked Jacobin, Milpi, Ecuador, Nov 21, 2015 |
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| Booted Racket-tail, Tandayapa Lodge, Ecuador, Nov 21, 2015 |
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| Andean Emerald, Tandayapa Lodge, Ecuador, Nov 21, 2015 |
On Saturday the 21st we headed
down to Milpi which is situated about midway between Rio Silanche and Mashpi and
therefore contained species from both areas (as well as some new ones). The
hummingbird and fruit feeders there held quite a few birds with numbers of White
necked Jacobins, Crowned Woodnymph and a nice selection of tanagers and
euphonias. The road just outside produced our best looks yet at both Choco and
Black mandibled Toucans. We then walked the trails but they were actually quite
quiet but we did manage two species of manakin (Golden winged and Club winged).
We then went up the road just a bit to another set of trails in the jungle and
landed a few mixed species flocks. By the time we finished up it was a bit
after noontime and we made a short drive into town to eat a nice, warm meal at a
restaurant overlooking the Rio Blanco. The restaurant also had feeders which
produced more hummingbirds and good numbers and variety of tanagers. On our way
back to the lodge we took the rough dirt road over the mountain into the
Tandayapa valley. We walked a short bit along the road but the rain started
falling quite heavy so we ditched that plan and drove down the rest of the way
into the valley. The ride didn't produce much variety but did produce some
quality with a Sickle winged Guan and an Andean Cock of the Rock female sitting
on a nest. A late afternoon arrival at the lodge in the rain found the feeders
as busy as I have seen them with swarms of hummingbirds totaling at least 15
species and dozens of individuals. We broke a hundred species again today with a total of 103.
Full lists:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26009313
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26009348
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26009394
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26009420
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