Tag Archives: Jocotoco Foundation

Face to Face with Tanagers at Copalinga

Posted on January 31, 2019 by admin

Tanagers are an easy group to face in the tropics.  Most display colorful and distinctive patterns that make them easy to ID.  However, their markings can repeat certain themes, so it can still take some concentration to identify them. Copalinga … Continue reading →

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More Buenaventura Birds

Posted on March 17, 2018 by admin

What a great place for birds!  It was great to be back in Buenaventura Reserve. Following up on my post from last year, here are a few more birds from Jocotoco Foundation’s. Buenaventura Reserve in the southern foothills of the … Continue reading →

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Seeing Red in Tapichalaca

Posted on February 5, 2018 by admin

Take a look around the cloud forest and you will notice a lot of red accents in the dark green world. Here you can see a few of those red eye-poppers from Tapichalaca Reserve in southern Ecuador. Young leaves often start … Continue reading →

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Copalinga

Posted on February 5, 2017 by admin

Copalinga, a delightful ecolodge, sits above the Rio Bombuscaro near the eastern base of the Andes in southern Ecuador. The lodge is owned and run by Catherine and Boudewijn, who built it after moving there from Belgium in 1998. Debbie … Continue reading →

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Cloud Forest Flowers

Posted on April 11, 2016 by admin

Jocotoco Conservation Foundation‘s Tapichalaca Reserve in southern Ecuador, with its overwhelming diversity of epiphytes, supports a beautiful assortment of flowering plants. The flowers in this cloud forest feed the diverse hummingbirds and other nectivores (see future post).

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