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Amazonian Ecuador AMAZONIAN ECUADOR Naturetrek Tour Report 27 January - 6 February 2010 Report compiled by Edwin Perez Naturetrek Cheriton Mill Cheriton Alresford Hampshire SO24 0NG England T: +44 (0)1962 733051 F: +44 (0)1962 736426 E: [email protected] W: www.naturetrek.co.uk Tour Report Ecuador - The Andes & Amazon Tour Leaders: Edwin Perez Jeovani Local Guide Shiripuno Guillermo Local Guide Sunny Participants: Martin Almer Tymoti Robson David Gregori Day 1 Wednesday 27th January Travelling day from the UK Day 2 Thursday 28th January Weather Conditions: Sunny to cloudy rainy in the afternoon Starting in Quito, we left the hotel Fuente De Piedra at 6:00am getting to the airport at 6:30am to catch the 35 minute flight to Coca city, a town in the Ecuadorian Amazon with approximately 25.000 inhabitants and with an altitude range of 300 metres above sea level - it is the door to the pristine Amazon rainforest. We did some birding in the garden of the Hotel Auca getting species like Rufous-collared Sparrow, Cattle Tyrant, Vermillion Flycatcher, Blue-gray Tanager, Palm Tanager, Tropical Kingbird, and Rudy Ground Dove. At 9:00am we went from Coca to the Hoaurani territory in the Cononaco area in the southern part of the Ecuadorian Amazon, and after a 3 hour drive we arrived at the Shiripuno River where we observed other birds like Hook-billed Kite, Yellow-rumped Cacique, and Russet-backed Oropendola. After lunch we got on board a motorised canoe and had a very nice view of the river, the sand bars and the great pristine forest getting birds like Black-billed Thrush, Gray-capped Flycatcher, Drab Water-tyrant, and Pale-vented Pigeon. We arrived at Shiripuno Lodge at 18:00pm, and dropped off our luggage when we saw an Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper and a White-necked Puffbird. After this we had a refreshing shower and dinner was at 19:00pm. At 20:00pm we did the bird list and at around 21:00pm we went off to bed. Day 3 Friday 29th January Weather Conditions: Overcast to sunny Breakfast was at 5:30am and by 6am we were walking along the butterfly trail very slowly trying to find some Antbirds - the trail in the morning was active until 9:30am with great views of Dusky-throated Antshrike, Cinereous Antshrike, Wedge-billed Woodcreeper, Golden-green Woodpecker, Pearly Antshrike, and Yellow- billed Jacamar. After 9:30am the activity went down but there were some sporadic birds for example the stunning Ringed Antpipit, and the very rare Black-tailed Leaftosser. We returned to the lodge to have lunch at 12:30pm until 13:30pm and left the lodge at 14:00pm for a different trail. We had wonderful birds like Scale- backed Antbird, Bi-colored Antbird, Dot-winged Antwren and some others, and at 17:30pm we went back to the lodge, and had dinner at 19:00pm. © Naturetrek January 11 1 Ecuador - The Andes & Amazon Tour Report Day 4 Saturday 30th January Weather conditions: Sunny Breakfast was at 5:30am, and at 6:00am we had a canoe ride on the Shiripuno River downstream for one hour where we had spectacular views of Dusky-chested Flycatcher, Red Green Macaw, and Chestnut-fronted Macaw. Then the canoe driver turned the canoe upstream to a point where there is a swamp of Maurutia flexuosa Moriche Palm and on the way there we had a spectacular glimpse of a Brazilian Tapir, as well as Blue and Yellow Macaw, Red-bellied Macaw, Scarlet Macaw, and White-eyed Parakeet among others. We then returned to the lodge around 10:30am to walk on one of the trails until 12:00pm when it was time to have our lunch. In the afternoon we began at 14:30 taking the motor canoe to the clay lick where we found Orange-checked Parrot, and Maroon-tailed Parakeet. We continued along this trail being very lucky to see White-shouldered Antbird, Warbling Antbird, and Sooty Antbird. We returned to the lodge at 18:30pm and had dinner at 19:00pm and did our species list at 20:00 pm. Day 5 Sunday 31st January Weather conditions: Sunny Our last morning in Shiripuno lodge, we had breakfast at 5:30am, after leaving our luggage ready outside our cabins. At 6:00am we left the lodge and enjoyed the same canoe ride as the first day and at about 11:00am we arrived at the bridge where our transportation was standing by. We ate our packed lunch and drove back to Coca At 14:00pm we left Coca towards our lodge and after few hours and a trip in a dugout canoe we arrived at the lodge in the early evening. We had dinner at 19:00pm, did the bird list at 20:00pm and went to bed at 21:00pm. Day 6 Monday 1st February Weather conditions: Sunny Breakfast was at 5:30am at 6:00am we took the canoe in the direction of the trail that goes to the observation canopy tower, getting there at 7:00am. The morning was very active in terms of birds; Black-headed Parrot, Turquoise Tanager, Gray-crowned Flatbill and the beautiful Plum-throated Cotinga, Spangled Cotinga, and Purple-throated Fruitcrow and other very spectacular birds were seen. We stayed there until 11:00am and then we returned to the lodge for lunch at 12:30pm. We had a short break after lunch and at 14:30pm took the canoe again, going into one of the creeks in the igapo forest - our target birds were Cocha Antshrike and White- chinned Jacamar and we were very lucky as we saw both of them. After this at around 18:00pm we returned to the lodge, and dinner was at 19:00pm. Day 7 Tuesday 2nd February Weather Conditions: Sunny Breakfast was at 5:30am and at 6:00am we left the lodge for the Yasuny National Park, one of the biggest protected areas in Ecuador with almost one million hectares, this wonderful nature laboratory was declared a biosphere reserve by the UNESCO due to the several endemic species of plants and animals found there. 2 © Naturetrek January 11 Ecuador - The Andes & Amazon Tour Report Our destination was to visit the parrot licks (clay walls formed naturally in the rain forest after a climate event, they are often located on the white river banks, in this case on the Napo River). We got there around 8:00am with a previous stop on one of the islands to scan for Amazonian Umbrellabird. At the first spot we had some parrots like Mealy Amazon, Blue-headed Parrot, and Dusky-headed Parakeet. After 5 minutes on a motorised canoe and a 20 minute walk we got to the second observatory which is a cliff virtually covered with vegetation and at the bottom there is a bowl with a little stream so the birds come to the ground - the area was pretty active with two species of Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet, and Cobalt-winged Parakeet. We also found Yellow-browed Antbird, Golden-headed Manakin, and Great-billed Hermit. After our packed lunch in the afternoon we went to another island, but there was not much activity. We got back to the lodge at 17:30pm. Day 8 Wednesday 3rd February Weather Conditions: Sunny Breakfast was at 5:30am with a departure at 6:00am. Due to the inactivity we had on the river island the day before we decided to go back there. We landed at 7:00am and observed Black and White Antbird, Barred Antshrike, White-bellied Springtail, Parkers Springtail, and Castelnau's Antshrike. We returned to the lodge for lunch at 12:30pm and after lunch at 14:30pm we enjoyed a paddle canoe ride around the lake seeing Striated Heron, Anhinga, Rufescent Tiger-heron, Black-crowned Night-heron, Boat-billed Heron, Masked Crimson Tanager, and Red-capped Cardinal. We ended the days activities at 17:45pm, with dinner at 19:00pm. Day 9 Thursday 4th February Weather Conditions: Overcast to Sunny Our last morning…breakfast was as usual at 5:30am, and we left the lodge at 6:00am. After 30 minutes we arrived at a welcoming area where we took the motorised canoe towards Coca, and after 2 hours 30 minutes we were in Coca. It took 10 minutes to go to the airport by taxi and we were in the Coca Airport at 10:00am arriving back at Quito at 12:00pm. Day 10/11 Friday 5th to Saturday 6th February Journey back to the UK Receive our e-newsletter Join the Naturetrek e-mailing list and be the first to hear about new tours, additional departures and new dates, tour reports and special offers. Visit www.naturetrek.co.uk to sign up. Naturetrek Facebook We are delighted to launch the Naturetrek Facebook page so that participants of Naturetrek tours can remain in touch after the holiday and share photos, comments and future travel plans. Setting up a personal profile at www.facebook.com is quick, free and easy. The Naturetrek Facebook page is now live; do please pay us a visit! © Naturetrek January 11 3 Ecuador - The Andes & Amazon Tour Report Bird List Common Name Scientific Name 1 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus. 2 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga. 3 Rufescent Tiger-heron Trigrisoma lineatum. 4 Cocoi Heron Ardea Cocoi. 5 Great Egret Arde Alba. 6 Snowy Egret Egreta Thula. 7 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis. 8 Striated Heron Butorides striatus. 9 Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax. 10 Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius. 11 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus. 12 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura. 13 Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus.
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