My latest South Amerca tour was an immense success. We visited the Amazonian Rainforests along the Napo River, the east slope of the Andes at Cabanas San Isidro and the Choco Forests of the west slope. We started at San Isidro with the "San Isidro Mystery Owl" (see last year's Ecuador postings) as the star bird but photo opportunities were few and far between due to the wet weather.
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This was my sixth Ecuador trip and as in many of the others, most folks considered the four days at Sacha Lodge in the Amazon as the highlight. Excellent accommodation, superb and varied birding (forest trails, canopy towers, river islands, etc) makes Sacha a real winner, not to mention the couple of hundred birds we recorded there!
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I rarely get a lifer on this circuit nowadays so the Chestnut-headed Crake seen on our first morning near the lodge was most welcome. No repeat of last year's Crested Eagle though.
My latest South Amerca tour was an immense success. We visited the Amazonian Rainforests along the Napo River, the east slope of the Andes at Cabanas San Isidro and the Choco Forests of the west slope. We started at San Isidro with the "San Isidro Mystery Owl" (see last year's Ecuador postings) as the star bird but photo opportunities were few and far between due to the wet weather.+003.JPG)
This was my sixth Ecuador trip and as in many of the others, most folks considered the four days at Sacha Lodge in the Amazon as the highlight. Excellent accommodation, superb and varied birding (forest trails, canopy towers, river islands, etc) makes Sacha a real winner, not to mention the couple of hundred birds we recorded there!+004.JPG)
I rarely get a lifer on this circuit nowadays so the Chestnut-headed Crake seen on our first morning near the lodge was most welcome. No repeat of last year's Crested Eagle though.
