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Ecuador The Eastern slopes and Rio NapoElizabeth and Fred take a return trip to places they enjoyed. |
 Hacienda las Cuevas.Grounds. |
 Hacienda las Cuevas. Our home for two nights. |
 Rufous-naped Brush Finch. |
 Rufous-collared Sparrow. Hacienda las Cuevas. |
 Shing Sunbeam at Tambo Condor. |
 Sparkling VioletEar . Tambo Condor. |
 Black Flower piercer. Tambo Condor. |
 Shining sunbeam and Black-tailed Trainbearer. |
 Black-tailed Trainbearer, Tambo Condor. |
 Ecuadorian Hillstar. Antisana NP |
 The Hillstar is yet another species of Hummingbird. |
 Carunculated CaraCara. Antisana. |
 Antisana Volcano. At 18,875 ft it is the 4th highests in Ecuador. |
 White-tailed Deer. Antisana. |
 Our guide and friend Gabriel at Laguna de Mica. Antisana. |
 White-tailed Deer, resting. |
 Andean Gull. Antisana. |
 Paramo landscape. |
 Lava cliff with nesting Andean Condors.. |
 Giant Hummingbird. Tambo Condor. |
 Antisana from Papallacta Pass. |
 Buff-tailed Coronet. Guango Lodge. |
 Buff-tailed Coronet. |
 Waterfall in Guango hills. |
 Great Thrush. Guango Lodge. |
 Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan. Guango Lodge. |
 Masked Flowerpiercer. Guango. |
 White-bellied Woodstar. Guango Lodge. |
 Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle. Papallacta. |
 Header photo of Antisana. |
 Rufous-bellied SeedSnipe. Papallacta pass. |
 Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager. Papallacta. |
 Turquoise Jay. San Isidro. |
 Bananaquit. Private birding hide. |
 Tawny-bellied Hermit. |
 Tawny-bellied Hermit. |
 Long-tailed Sylph. |
 Long-tailed Sylph. |
 Papallacta Pass. Main road in the valley. Old track ahead. |
 San Isidro Lodge. |
 Black Agouti. San Isidro. |
 San Isidro's "mystery Owl". Currently not scientifically identified. |
 San Isidro's "mystery Owl". Two came each night at dinner. |
 Canada Warbler. San Isidro. |
 Cinnamon Flycatcher. San Isidro Lodge. |
 White-bellied AntPitta. San Isidro. Came to the whistle for worms |
 Andean Pottoo, with chick. seen by the San Isidro road. |
 Andean Pottoo, with chick. Drying after rain. |
 Our cabin in the woods. San Isidro. |
 Inca Jay. San Isidro Lodge. |
 Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet. San Isidro Lodge. |
 Yellow-headed Caracara. On the roadside. |
 Blue-grey Tanager. Rio Quijos Lodge. |
 Golden Tanager. Rio Quijos. |
 Torrent Ducks. f on left. Rio Quijos (literally) |
 We saw them again when it dried out. |
 Green and black Fruiteater. Summit road. |
 Orange-billed Sparrow. Roadside halt. |
 Red-crested Finch. Private site. |
 Our cabin at Eden Amazon eco Lodge. Our home in the Jungle. |
 Floral grounds . Eden Lodge. |
 Hoatzin. Laguna at Eden eco Lodge. |
 Horned Screamer. Eden Eco Lodge. |
 The laguna at Eden eco Lodge. |
 Nests of Russet-backed Oropendolas. |
 Tropical Screech Owl. Eden Lodge. |
 Vegetation at teh Laguna with Wattled Jacana. |
 Floral display. Eden eco Lodge. |
 Main buildings Eden eco Lodge. |
 Amazon Kingfisher. |
 Laguna Cruiser. |
 Deep in the forest. |
 Spot the bats. |
 Proboscis Bats at rest. |
 Lobby at the Gran Hotel de Lago el Coca where we spent a night.. |
 Gran Hotel de Lago el Coca. We flew back to Quito from here. |
 Our itinerary we had to photograph having been re-routed. Quito KLM. |
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