March 11th, 2009 
Tags: A change of scenery was on the cards today as we set off from Quito early and headed towards our next destination, San Isidro. En route we would take in our highest birding of the trip, the paramo habitat of Papallacta Pass. Reaching an elevation of more than 14,000 feet, we would be at [...]
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Once more it was time to pack our bags and head off to pastures new. We took the opportunity to get out early and were immediately justified in doing so by getting great views of a splendid Barred Antthrush in the trail at first light, one of the birds of the trip. We added [...] A bit like the day after Angel Paz, today was going to have a hard time living up to yesterday. But we were going to give it a good go anyway. We spent the morning birding the famous Quebrada Honda trail. It was hard work! A Slate-crowned Antpitta was calling and Mr. Schofield led Rob [...] Mr. Schofield seemed excited this morning – something special must be on the cards… The reserve at Tapichalaca, like Yanacocha and several other world class birding sites in Ecuador, is managed by the excellent Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco, a relatively new environmental organization. We’d seen the word Jocotoco all over the place, and even [...] We left the hotel early, took a taxi to the airport and caught a flight to Loja in southern Ecuador. En route we had superb views of the iconic volcano Cotopaxi as dawn broke above the clouds. The legendary Mr. Schofield had arranged for a 4×4 pickup to take us for an incredibly uncomfortable [...] |
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