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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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Yanacocha

Posted on March 5, 2017 by admin

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

Posted on March 4, 2017 by admin

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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Return to Tapichalaca

Posted on February 3, 2017 by admin

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

Posted on January 15, 2017 by admin

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

Posted on December 21, 2016 by admin

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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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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Buenaventura Snakes

Posted on March 17, 2016 by admin

Though there is a lot of talk about venomous snakes in Buenaventura, I was disappointed (Debbi wasn’t) not to see any in our five weeks there. Here are some of the second-class snakes:  

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Buenaventura Birds – Part Two

Posted on March 13, 2016 by admin

Jocotoco Foundation’s Buenaventura Reserve hosts at least 315 species of birds. Here are a few key species: El Oro Parakeet is the flagship species for Buenaventura reserve. The bird was first discovered there in the 1980’s. The Jocotoco Conservation Foundation … Continue reading →

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Buenaventura Birds – Part One: Hummingbirds

Posted on March 11, 2016 by admin

About 30 species of hummingbirds inhabit Jocotoco Foundation’s Buenaventura Reserve in southern Ecuador. Here is a sampling of the hummers:

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