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BIRDWATCHING TOURS
Ecuador: Highlands, Cloudforest and Amazon
(Mindo - San Isidro - Papallacta - Napo River)
July 12 - 27, 2008
 Orange Breasted Fruiteater |
Guide: Wiliam Perez Photography courtesy of Joel Rosenthal Places to stay:
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Places to visit:
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 Olivaceous Piha |
Trip Description
Meals included: B- breakfast, L- lunch, BL - Box lunch, D- dinner
 Plate Billed Mountain Toucan |
DAY 1 Saturday July 12th |
Arrive to Quito Transfer to Hotel Quito |
Orientation Briefing to the participants. Very comfortable hotel with big gardens, great place to look for Scrub Tanager and Black tailed Trainbearer. |
| DAY 2 Sunday July 13th |
Quito - Sachatamia Lodge | Early breakfast at 6 a.m. and departure for Yanacocha Reserve. Half day birding looking for high altitude birds at least 12 species of hummingbirds including Golden breasted, Sapphire vented and Black breasted Pufflegs (the last one seasonal and with luck). Several species of Mountain Tanager. Afterwards driving down along the famous Nono Mindo road arriving to the lodge in the afternoon. B, L, D |
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| DAY 3 Monday July 14th |
Full Day Sachatamia | All day birding lower elevation sites on west slope of Andes at Rio Silanche Bird Sanctuary and Pedro Vicente Maldonado area. In this area we can look for many of the Choco endemics such as Blue whiskered Tanager and Scarlet breasted Dacnis. B, L, D |
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 Velvet Purple Coronet |
DAY 4 Tuesday July 15th |
Full Day Sachatamia | Very early visit to Andean Cock-of-the-Rock lek at the Paz Reserve. View antpittas lured from forest. Look for Dark-backed Wood Quail, Golden-headed Quetzal, and Toucan Barbet on forest trails. Afternoon birding in Milpe Bird Sanctuary looking for Club winged Mannakin and other specialties of the area. B, L, D |
| DAY 5 Wednesday July 16th |
Return to Quito | Visit Mindo valley to look for birds we haven’t seen previous days, return for early lunch and drive to upper part of Bellavista Reserve on the way back to Quito. B, L |
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| DAY 6 Thursday July 17th |
Quito - Sani Lodge | Morning flight to Coca (30 mins), two and a half hours motorized canoe along the Napo River, where we will have started birding. Box lunch along the way and arriving to the lodge in the afternoon. As well as great birding we can hope to see some mammals here too. One night we will also go out and look for night birds that will hopefully be around like Crested, Spectacled, Black banded and Mottled Owls. B, L, D |
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 Green Crowned Woodnymph |
DAY 7 Friday July 18th |
Sani Lodge | Birding from the tower looking for the canopy birds like Opal rumped, Opal crowned, Paradise and Turquoise Tanagers, many Cotingas, several species of Woodpeckers etc. B, L, D |
| DAY 8 Saturday July 19th |
Sani Lodge | Very early birding along the trails nearby looking for Rufous, Great and Common Potoos. Afternoon visit to the islands, birds to see are Black and white Antbird, River Tyranulet, and other island specialties. B, L, D |
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| DAY 9 Sunday July 20th |
Sani Lodge | Early departure to the Yasuni National Park to visit the parrot clay licks for a variety of parrots, parakeets and with luck macaws. Box lunch in the field, do a trail to look for Antbirds, Antwrens and Manakins. B, L, D |
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 Guayaquil Woodpecker |
DAY 10 Monday July 21st |
Sani - Quito | Early birding in dugout canoes to catch sight of birds such as Straight billed Woodcreeper, Rufous headed Woodpecker, Kingfishers and Flycatchers B, BL |
| DAY 11 Tuesday July 22nd |
Quito - Papallacta Hot Springs | Early breakfast and departure for Antisana Reserve to look for high elevation birds including Andean Condor and Black faced Ibis. Continue to Cayambe Coca Reserve above Papallacta Pass to look for Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe, Giant Conebill and Blue Mantled Thornbill. B, L, D |
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| DAY 12 Wednesday July 23rd |
Papallacta - San Isidro Lodge | Early morning birding along private road at Hot Springs property. Birds to look for: Paramo Tapaculo, White browed Spinetail and Andean Pygmy Owl. Mid-morning birding Guango Reserve and viewing hummingbirds at feeders. Afternoon birding road on the way to San Isidro. Look for the mysterious San Isidro Owl after dark. B, L, D |
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 Rainbow Bearded Thornbill |
DAY 13 Thursday July 24th |
San Isidro | All day birding private reserve and trails around San Isidro. Look for Tanagers like Saffron crowned and Rufous crested, as well as Flycatchers and other species, especially the Antpittas like Chestnut crowned and White bellied. B, L, D |
| DAY 14 Friday July 25th |
San Isidro | Early departure to look for Swallow-tailed Nightjar. Morning birding Guacamayos Ridge. Box lunch. Afternoon birding upper Loreto Road and along Archidona. Back to lodge in afternoon. B, L, D |
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| DAY 15 Saturday July 26th |
San Isidro - Quito | Early birding along the Santa Lucia de Bermejo Road, stunning scenery and good place for Black and Chestnut Eagle, Highland Motmot and with luck White capped Tanager. Lunch at lodge, and start return trip to Quito through Highlands picking up any species that haven’t been previously spotted. B, L, D |
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| DAY 16 Sunday July 27th |
Transfer out | B |
TOUR INCLUDES:
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 Toucan Barbet |
 Crimson Rumped Toucanet |
NOT INCLUDED IN TOUR:
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