Tag Archives: Jocotoco Conservation Foundation

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

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Monkeying Around at Copalinga

White-fronted Capuchin Monkeys at Copalinga Reserve don’t seem too happy to see me. That’s OK, I was happy to see them. Photographed at the Copalinga Reserve of the Jocotoco Conservation Foundation.

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Copalinga: Moth Mania

As promised at the end of my butterfly post, I am presenting a small selection of the countless moths of Copalinga Reserve of the Jocotoco Foundation. We heard many oohs and ahs when people came to look at the moths … Continue reading

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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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Jorupe Birds and More

In February my wife Debbie and I served as volunteer hosts once again at Jorupe Reserve.  The reserve, located on the southern border of Ecuador, is owned by the Jocotoco Conservation Foundation. We noticed a number of changes since our … Continue reading

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Copalinga

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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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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Antisanilla Reserve more highlights

In addition to condors and eagles mentioned in my previous posts, plenty of great birds inhabit Antisanilla Reserve of the Jocotoco Conservation Foundation. Paramo pipits live in the high grasslands. Another common bird is the Bar-winged Cinclodes a member of … Continue reading

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Antisanilla—Great Wildlife High in the Andes

I spent my first week back in Ecuador photographing in the Jocotoco Conservation Foundation’s Antisanilla Reserve. Just 30 miles SE of Quito, it sits on the western slopes of Antisana Volcano. Most of the reserve is paramo, high-elevation Andean grassland. … Continue reading

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The Bird That Started It All

The discovery of a new species, Grallaria ridgelyi, set off a series of events that snowballed into  founding of the Jocotoco Conservation Foundation and the creation of eleven reserves (so far). The bird that started it all, the Jocotoco Antpitta, … Continue reading

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