The view from our window, Ceiba trichastandra.
Here is our first stop for our winter stay in southern Ecuador. Debbi and I will be working as volunteers for the Jocotoco Conservation Foundation to make visitors more aware of the great work of that organization. We will be working in three of the 11 Jocotoco Reserves. Our first stop is Jorupe Reserve, which protects dry forest habitat of Tumbesian endemic birds and all the other associated organisms. The Tumbesian region encompasses southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru. I will be presenting some of the plants in the wildlife in this blog.