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| Great Conebill, Papallacta, Ecuador, Nov 24, 2015 |
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| Great Conebill, Papallacta, Ecuador, Nov 24, 2015 |
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| White chinned Thistletail, Papallacta, Ecuador, Nov 24, 2015 |
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| Black chested Buzzard Eagle, Papallacta, Ecuador, Nov 24, 2015 |
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| Collard Inca, Guango Lodge, Ecuador, Nov 24, 2015 |
My last full day in Ecuador started off at Guango Lodge and then moved up to the
high Andes once again. The first few hours were spent around Guango Lodge and
turned up a very nice mixed species flock that produced even more new species.
Just before nine we left to make the drive up over the Andes with a few stops
along the way that proved productive once again despite some early light rain
and some cold (but much better conditions then what commonly occur there). Our final
stop of the day in the early afternoon produced a couple more sought after
species, Great Conebill and White chinned Thistletail. Not only did we find
these two species but both allowed some great photo ops. A perfect way to end
the official tour.
Full lists:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26013838
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26014241
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S26014316
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| Scrub Tanager, Rincon de Puembo, Ecuador, Nov 24, 2015 |
We made it to the hotel late in the afternoon and I spent
some time trying to find reported Scrub Tanagers in the various small gardens.
After a few trips around I came across two Scrub Tanagers, adding another new species
for the trip. I caught up with a few other birders a bit later and tried to
show them where the tanagers were but they were gone but were replaced by another
new species...a Rusty Flowerpiecer.
The final species count for the
trip turned out to be 389 with 265 of them being life birds for me, bringing my total life birds to 1181 (thank you eBird for easily keeping track of it for me). There were many highlights from
many different bird families but hummingbirds and tanagers were very well
represented and I'll probably post about them in the future. We also found half a dozen mammal species with the highlight by far being the Spectacled Bear. It was a great trip with a nice small group that made it all quite fun...thanks to Jose, Antonio, Arnaud and Mary.
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