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Tapichalaca Cloud Forest
At 2,500 m (8,200 ft) the cloud forest at Tapichalaca Reserve of the Jocotoco Conservation Foundation may take your breath away (in more than one sense). As the clouds drift in and out of the forest, you’re presented with an … Continue reading
Yanacocha
Sitting high above Quito, Ecuador, Yanacocha Reserve is a convenient place to visit a temperate Andean forest. Being so close to Ecuador’s capital, Yanacocha is the Jocotoco Conservation Foundation’s most visited reserve. Since clouds frequently envelope this forest, epiphytes (plants … Continue reading
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Tagged bird, birds, cloud forest, forest, gunnera, hummingbird, Imperial Snipe, Jocotoco Conservation Foundation, Reserve, temperate forest, Yanacocha
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Return to Tapichalaca
It’s great to get back to Tapichalaca Reserve of the Jocotoco Conservation Foundation on the eastern slope of the Andes in Southern Ecuador (map). Here in 1997, the Jocotoco Antpitta made its debut in the world of ornithology and birding. … Continue reading
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Tagged Andes, antpitta, bird, cloud forest, Ecological, Ecuador, forest, Golden-plumed, Jocotoco, Jocotoco Conservation Foundation, parakeet, Reserve, Tapichalaca, Zamora-Chinchipe
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Buenaventura Adventure
We spent five weeks at Buenaventura. It is mostly second growth forest becoming cloud forest at the upper elevations an not quite as misty at lower elevations. The sun is not a common sight, but the birds are more active … Continue reading
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Tagged Buenaventura, forest, lodge, rainforest, Reserve, tropical
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