11 Dec 2011
Buff-Winged Starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae)
The female buff-Winged Starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae). It sounds like this: Altitude 3560 metres. PichinchaEcuador-0.1275,-78.590556
11 Dec 2011
Masked Flowerpiercer (Diglossopis cyanea)
This individual was quite predictable, as it kept coming back to this branch - in what seemed like a display of peekaboo. With bright colors and a blood red…
11 Dec 2011
Equatorial Antpitta (Grallaria saturata)
Yanacocha has recently succeeded in domesticating the Rufous Antpitta, something my guide was unaware of the first time we went to this reserve in November.…
11 Dec 2011
Yanacocha Reserve
A rare glimpse of the Pichincha Volcano (4784 metres high) which is mostly hidden in dense clouds. It was a very cold morning and I was eagerly awaiting the…
10 Dec 2011
Leaving Napo Wildlife Center
After 3 nights in Yasuni National park this was the very first rain shower! It was perfectly timed, as it started pouring down just as we were switching from…
10 Dec 2011
Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
At 05:39 in the morning the light is still very dim - the sun is well below the horizon. My eyes could only see the silhouette of the Heron against the…
9 Dec 2011
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
The unmistakable profile of the Hoatzin - even close to darkness you know immediately what bird it is. Yasuni National Park-0.526667, -76.434167…