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Ecuador: Tandayapa Pre-Trip July 3–6, 2018 by Paul J ECUADOR : TANDAYAPA PRE -TRIP JULY 3–6, 2018 Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan ©Paul J. Greenfield LEADERS : PAUL J. GREENFIELD & HEIKE BRIESCHKE LIST COMPILED BY : PAUL J. GREENFIELD VICTOR EMANUEL NATURE TOURS , INC . 2525 WALLINGWOOD DRIVE , SUITE 1003 AUSTIN , TEXAS 78746 WWW.VENTBIRD .COM Golden-naped Tanager ©Paul J. Greenfield Ecuador: Tandayapa Pre-Trip July 3–6, 2018 By Paul J. Greenfield Mega-biodiversity is difficult to fathom. The sheer complexity of such natural ‘systems’ makes deciphering them a real challenge, if not a practically imposible task, even for the keenest eye—most of the world’s ‘mega’ hot-spots’ are so biologically mindboggling that actually appreciating their advertised reality can even seem a bit dissappointing…“So where’s all the wildlife everybody keeps talking about?” Mother Nature often jealously conceals her prized treasures, and with luck and a hefty dose of patience one may be fortunate enough to catch snippets and fleeting glimpses of certain aspects of her hidden riches that are often so very ingeniously camouflaged amidst a densely vegetated backdrop. It was precisely this state-of- affairs that we set out to explore and sample during our three-day Tandayapa Pre-Trip adventure. As a preview to our Galapagos Islands Cruise, this easy itinerary was also designed to offer a comparative look at two very different ecosystems—that of mainland Ecuador’s mega-rich Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 2 Tandayapa Pre-trip to Galapagos Cruise, 2018 Black-chinned Mountain-Tanager © Paul J. Greenfield northwestern Andean slopes compared to the species-limited Galápagos Archipelago. The first hint that we had just immersed ourselves in one of earth’s most diverse bioregions became evident as we made our mid-morning arrival at Pacha Quindi and were immediately confronted by nearly a dozen distinct hummingbird species bounding every-which-way in a dizzying frenzy: Brown, Lesser, and Sparkling violetears; Green-tailed Trainbearer; Brown Inca; Buff-tailed Coronets; ’White-booted’ Racket-tails; Fawn-breasted Brilliants; Empress Brilliant; Purple-throated Woodstars; and Andean Emeralds. At the same time, a nearby plantain banana feeder drew our attention to pairs of Red-headed Barbets and Crimson- rumped Toucanets; Blue-winged Mountain-Tanagers; Golden-naped, Metallic-green, Golden, and Flame-faced tanagers; along with White-winged and Chestnut-capped brushfinches, while a pair of Toucan Barbets sounded off in the distance. The surrounding trees and shrubs attracted a few additional species as well. By the time we had finished our field lunch, it was time to head onward along a rural road that has earned its claim-to-fame as the Paseo del Quinde EcoRoute; along the way we encountered Chestnut-collared Swifts, Gorgeted Sunangel, Red-billed Parrots, Montane Woodcreeper, Pearled Treerunner, Smoke-colored Pewee, Slate-throated Whitestart, Blue-and-black Tanager, Masked Flowerpiercer, and Yellow-bellied Seedeater; a fortuitous stop along this cloud forest-lined road also brought forth a cooperative group of at least four Plate-billed Mountain-Toucans—oh boy! This is one Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 3 Tandayapa Pre-trip to Galapagos Cruise, 2018 Red-headed Barbet © Ken Trease of the region’s ‘crown-jewels,’ and it seems that everyone thoroughly enjoyed the show! We rolled up to our lodge, Séptimo Paraíso, with time to settle-in and even enjoy some afternoon birding before our list session and dinner—White-necked Jacobin, White-whiskered Hermit, Green-crowned Brilliant, Crowned Woodnymph, and Rufous-tailed Hummingbird; a surprisingly ‘obvious’ Lineated Foliage-gleaner; Cinnamon Becard; a typically skulking Gray- breasted Wood-Wren; Ecuadorian Thrush; and Flame (Lemon-)-rumped Tanagers…what a pleasant and productive first day! Day 2 began and ended by dividing our group into two more manageable teams; we took turns enjoying pre-breakfast and late-afternoon outings around the Séptimo Paraíso grounds and to a nearby birding garden (‘San Tadeo Birding’ or what I prefer to call ‘Casa Rolando’). After breakfast we all headed to Milpe Bird Sanctuary until our return to Séptimo Paraíso for lunch and a little optional free-time/birding. All in all, we came up with some magnificent new encounters, including among them: Crested and Wattled guans; Swallow-tailed Kites; White- tipped Dove; Tawny-bellied Hermit; Green Thorntails; Violet-tailed Sylphs; Velvet-purple Coronet; Purple-bibbed Whitetip; Golden-headed Quetzal; Chocó Trogon; Rufous Motmot; Pale-mandibled Araçaris; Yellow-throated (Chestnut-mandibled) and Chocó toucans; Slaty Antwren; Spotted Woodcreeper; Streak-necked, Slaty-capped, and Dusky-capped flycatchers; Brown-capped and Red-eyed vireos; Andean Solitaire; Tropical Parula; Black- chinned Mountain-Tanagers; Blue-gray and Palm tanagers; Rufous-throated, Black-capped, Blue-necked, and Silver-throated tanagers; Green Honeycreeper; Dusky-faced Tanager; Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 4 Tandayapa Pre-trip to Galapagos Cruise, 2018 Bananaquit; Buff-throated and Black-winged saltators; Dusky Chlorospingus; Tricolored (Chocó) Brushfinch; Scrub Blackbird; along with Thick-billed and Orange-bellied euphonias. Our 3rd and final full day began with our post-breakfast departure from Séptimo Paraíso as we initiated our return back up the Paseo del Quinde EcoRoute, making a few birding stops as we advanced. Cara came upon a singing pair of Squirrel Cuckoos that responded beautifully to tape-playback for all to see. We made a planned stop at Bellavista Cloud Forest Lodge for a coffee/birding break. The nectar feeders were buzzing with activity, and we added Speckled Hummingbirds, along with a handsome male Collared Inca to our growing list; one of the always anticipated Neotropical phenomenas that all birders watch for—the mixed species foraging flock—obliged us with some pretty cool specialties, including Streaked Tuftedcheek, the scarce Flammulated Treehunter, White-tailed Tyrannulet, an unbelievably cooperative pair of Cinnamon Flycatchers, Golden-crowned Flycatchers, a Green-and-black Fruiteater, Russet-crowned Warbler, and a pair of Beryl-spangled Tanagers. We continued, turning onto the main highway and heading ‘home,’ only making a brief rest-stop at the Calacalí gas station, where aside from stretching our legs, etc., we encountered activity in an overgrown lot situated just across the road with Ash-breasted Sierra-Finches, Band-tailed Seedeaters, a female Plain-colored Seedeater, and a band of Hooded Siskins. Cinnamon Flycatcher © Ken Trease Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 5 Tandayapa Pre-trip to Galapagos Cruise, 2018 We pulled up to San José de Puembo with ample time to settle in and enjoy a little birding around the hotel’s ample garden area before meeting for our final checklist session and dinner. The following morning we did some pre-breakfast birding before meeting up with the remainder of our Galapagos Cruise participants, having added a few local interAndean birds to our collection…Western Emerald, Blue-and-yellow Tanager, and Cinereous Conebill among them. How quickly time flies! We now savored an ample array of memories that ‘sang’ of incredible diversity and color; we enjoyed many eureka moments (and maybe even a few frustrations), met some amazing local entrepreneurs, and were thrilled to the tune of guans, kites, egrets, hawks, pigeons and doves, cuckoos, swifts, hummingbirds galore, quetzal and trogon, barbets, toucans of all shapes and sizes, parrots, woodcreepers, foliage-gleaners, flycatchers of all sorts, cotingas, becards, vireos, wrens, thrushes, warblers, a rainbow of tanagers, brushfinches, and euphonias, etc., etc…our minds now poised to focus on what could well be another experience of a lifetime…Las Islas Encantadas. Crowned Woodnymph © Paul J. Greenfield ITINERARY Victor Emanuel Nature Tours 6 Tandayapa Pre-trip to Galapagos Cruise, 2018 July 3— Arrival at Hotel Quito July 4— Morning drive to Tandayapa Valley and the Paseo del Quinde Ecoroute; brief stop at Calacalí gas station. Remainder of morning hummingbird-watching at Pacha Quindi; after a field lunch there, birding along the Ecoroute to Séptimo Paraíso Lodge, with some afternoon birding (overnight at Séptimo Paraíso) July 5— Group divides; pre-breakfast walk around Séptimo Paraíso grounds/San Tadeo Birding (‘Casa Rolando’); mid-morning at Milpe Bird Sanctuary; lunch and midday at Séptimo Paraíso; afternoon (groups switch) around Séptimo Paraíso grounds/ San Tadeo Birding (’Casa Rolando’) (overnight at Séptimo Paraíso) July 6— Morning departure from Séptimo Paraíso”; birding along the Paseo del Quinde Ecoroute with coffee/birding break at Bellavista Cloud Forest Lodge. Return along Ecoroute and highway—brief stop at Calacalí gas station—to the Andean village of Puembo; dinner and checklist there (overnight at San José de Puembo) July 7— Morning birding at San José de Puembo gardens before meeting with our entire Galápagos Cruise group BIRDS H = heard Boldface = species of special interest GUANS, CHACHALACAS & CURASSOWS: CRACIDAE Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens )—3 seen on July 5th at Séptimo Paraíso Wattled Guan (Aburria aburri )—H daily (strange song); 1 seen distantly on the morning of July 5th at Séptimo Paraíso HERONS,EGRETS & BITTERNS: ARDEIDAE Great Egret ( (Ardea alba )—1 seen in flight at San José de Puembo on July 7th Snowy Egret ( Egretta thula )—At least 1 was seen at San José de Puembo Cattle Egret ( Bubulcus ibis )—Numberous; flocks were observed overflying Séptimo Paraíso, to and from their roosting sites, on 5-6 July NEW WORLD VULTURES:
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