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Yanacocha & BellavistaCloud Forest ReservesDay 3 - 27th July 2013 |
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Part 2 - Bellavista & Alambi
Bellavista
I'll eventually try and find out the names to all these hummingbird species, we saw at least 25 different species during the day and they can change the lustre of their feathers depending on their mood. There are at least 129 species in Ecuador, so it could take a while...
I'll eventually try and find out the names to all these hummingbird species, we saw at least 25 different species during the day and they can change the lustre of their feathers depending on their mood. There are at least 129 species in Ecuador, so it could take a while...
Hermit (not sure which type)...
Purple-throated Woodstar...
A Masked Flowerpiercer with its impressive red eye instinctively tries under and not through the fake flower's centre...
Landing...
A Buff-tailed Coronet showing off its fine crown for a fleeting second...
The very same bird as above, but a fraction of a second later...
One of our favourites - the Booted Racket-tail...
Ridiculously cute white boots...
You can just about make out the tongue going into the sugar solution...
Alambi - Tandayapa Valley
Golden Tanager...
Golden Tanager...
The grey bird is a Palm Tanager...
Green-crowned Woodnymph...
Fiercely competitive it was very rare that we saw two feeding from the same 'flower'...
Room for another?
Normally any new arrival would trigger some sort of reaction...
Back view of one of the larger species...
White Necked Jacobin...
Three in flight...
Back in Quito...Miche, David (our guide) and Johnny (our driver)...
