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Birding in Southern Ecuador February 11 – 27, 2016 TRIP REPORT Folks Mass Audubon’s Natural History Travel and Joppa Flats Education Center Birding in Southern Ecuador February 11 – 27, 2016 TRIP REPORT Folks, Thank you for participating in our amazing adventure to the wilds of Southern Ecuador. The vistas were amazing, the lodges were varied and delightful, the roads were interesting— thank goodness for Jaime, and the birds were fabulous. With the help of our superb guide Jose Illanes, the group managed to amass a total of 539 species of birds (plus 3 additional subspecies). Everyone helped in finding birds. You all were a delight to travel with, of course, helpful to the leaders and to each other. This was a real team effort. You folks are great. I have included your top birds, memorable experiences, location summaries, and the triplist in this document. I hope it brings back pleasant memories. Hope to see you all soon. Dave David M. Larson, Ph.D. Science and Education Coordinator Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center Newburyport, MA 01950 Top Birds: 1. Jocotoco Antpitta 2-3. Solitary Eagle and Orange-throated Tanager (tied) 4-7. Horned Screamer, Long-wattled Umbrellabird, Rainbow Starfrontlet, Torrent Duck (tied) 8-15. Striped Owl, Band-winged Nightjar, Little Sunangel, Lanceolated Monklet, Paradise Tanager, Fasciated Wren, Tawny Antpitta, Giant Conebill (tied) Honorable mention to a host of other birds, bird groups, and etc. Memorable Experiences: 1. Watching the diving display and hearing the vocalizations of Purple-collared Woodstars and all of the antics, colors, and sounds of hummers. 2. Learning and recognizing so many vocalizations. 3. Experiencing the richness of deep and varied colors and abundance of birds. 1 Mass Audubon’s Natural History Travel and Joppa Flats Education Center 4. Enjoying the rush and commotion of parrots [“commotion” would be a wonderful collective noun for parrots!-dml]. 5. Having a great roommate; a well-meshed group; varied interests and skills; caring and support of all. 6. Watching the Jocotoco Antpitta feeding station antics. 7. Seeing the “gringos suck” bridge. 8. Chasing the Torrent Ducks along the river—watching them dive into the fast moving water and paddle upstream was a treat—both the male and female were handsome ducks. 9. Having a warm day in the paramo. 10. Having great food at Copalinga. 11. Seeing the ironic scene of two uniformed policemen ignoring blatant public urination along the highway. 12. Driving over the Andes. 13. Exploring small roads and visiting the village near Cabanas Yankuam. 14. Enjoying the oasis that is Copalinga. 15. Experiencing so many mixed feeding flocks. 16. Enjoying the variety, energy, and madness at hummer feeders. 17. Birding the Road to Paradise past Yankuam 18. Taking the hike at Tapichalaca, ending with the Jocotoco Antpitta prize. 19. Surviving the Larson and Timmons Show. 20. Having a woman invite us to her balcony to see the Chestnut-collared Swallow nests. 21. Enjoying Ecuador’s mountain landscapes. 22. Having the rancher ride downhill with us returning from our trip up the Cerro Toledo near Tapichalaca. 23. Seeing seven toucans at one time. 24. Birding in the rain—to a point…. 25. Relying on Jaime’s driving skills. 26. Appreciating Jose’s amazing birding skills. 27. Knowing about the establishment of the Maycu Reserve. 28. Seeing the tayra eating fruit in a tree. 29. Enjoying the spectacular countryside of steep mountains and deep valleys. 30. Seeing intact forest cover in so many areas and obvious interest in conservation on the part of Ecuador. 31. Visiting Podocarpus National Park. 32. Standing in the pouring rain discussing the finer points of Mass Audubon’s character- building program. 33. Appreciating the many achievements of the Jocotoco Foundation. 2 Mass Audubon’s Natural History Travel and Joppa Flats Education Center 34. Birding with such a capable group of fellow birders made me work all that much harder. 35. All of the Jocotoco lodges were comfortable with great food and conducive to enjoying the forest around. 36. Seeing the Semicollared Hawk on our first adventure into the forests—a beautiful and rare bird. 37. Meeting Jose was a #1 treat. He is a very special person. 38. Traveling with such a compatible and congenial group—muchas gracias! Location Summaries: Checklists include all species identified during the days’ excursions as noted below: 12 February 2016: Due to the delayed flight from Miami carrying the bulk of the group, part birded in the morning in the Guayaquil area, including Cerro Blanco. This delay made it impossible for the group to visit those locations scheduled for this day. Once everyone had arrived, we headed off on a fairly direct drive to our lodging for that evening, the Umbrellabird Lodge at Jocotoco Foundation’s Buenaventura Reserve. 13 February 2016: Day spent birding trails in the Buenaventura Reserve, including a visit to see an El Oro Parakeet nesting colony and, of course, a trail leading to a Long- wattled Umbrellabird location. 14 February 2016: Morning birding along a trail in Buenaventura, followed by a drive south to the Jorupe Reserve. Afternoon birding near El Empalme for dry habitat species (dump road) en route. 15 February 2016: Morning feeder birding followed by trail birding on the old road that cuts through the Jorupe Reserve. Afternoon drive west as far as Zapotillo. 16 February 2016: Day trip from Jorupe to Sozoranga (Rufous-collared Swallows and pastries) and Utuana. 17 February 2016: Last morning search for Tumbesian birds before the long drive to Vilcabamba. 18 February 2016: Early morning departure from Vilcabamba followed by a drive up the mountain road to Cerro Toledo (~ 12,000’) and birding down along the road from wet paramo to the highway. After lunch in the field, we drove over the Cordillera de Sabanilla to the Tapichalaca Reserve. 3 Mass Audubon’s Natural History Travel and Joppa Flats Education Center 19 February 2016: Birding the trails at Tapichalaca in the rainy cloud forest, including a morning visit to the feeding location for the Jocotoco Antpitta. Afternoon drive south to Valladolid. 20 February 2016: We birded along the road and out front of Tapichalaca in the morning, grabbed our packed lunches, and headed north to Loja, then northeast to Zumbi and south along a dirt track to the Cabañas Yankuam. 21 February 2016: We birded morning and evening along the new road (Road to Paradise) leading south between the Nangaritza River and the Cordillera del Condor, in search of the Orange-throated Tanager and much more. 22 February 2016: We started early and birded the end of the road, at and beyond a Shuar village on market day. Here along the floodplain of the Nangaritza, we had more typical Amazonian basin birding, including Hoatzins. We headed back to Yankuam, ate lunch, and then drove back to Zamora for the Copalinga Lodge. 23 February 2016: We headed out early the next morning to bird along a trail in a river valley in the Podocarpus National Park, after passing a bus-width + 6” roadbed in the midst of a landslide area. In mid-afternoon, we did some hummingbirding around the lodge, and then visited some other sites in Zamora (downtown along the Bombuscara River, at the Zamora airfield, and at a roadcut where Blackish Nightjars put on a show). 24 February 2016: Early in the morning, we returned to downtown Zamora briefly before heading off on the Old Zamora Road for more roadside birding. The persistent rain was problematic, though we found several nice mixed flocks. Birding along the river gave us great looks at Torrent Ducks. Later in the day we headed off for Cuenca and the Hosteria Durán. 25 February 2016: We headed out early this morning again, this time to visit a Jocotoco Foundation Reserve called Yunguilla, which protects the critically endangered Pale- headed Brushfinch. We birded the scrubby hillsides here until lunch, then headed back toward Cuenca. After a little tourist activity in the old city, we returned to the Durán for a little rest before dinner. 26 February 2016: After breakfast, we headed east from Cuenca, climbing gradually into El Cajas National Park. In the morning, we visited alpine lakes, polylepis forests, wet paramo, and dramatic mountain scenery as we topped out at about 13,000’, ate our lunch on the Continental Divide, and spent the rest of the day motoring west and north to Guayaquil. We managed a roadside sighting of Horned Screamer south of Guayaquil, to the delight of many. 4 Mass Audubon’s Natural History Travel and Joppa Flats Education Center Key to the triplist: 1-3 = from Tropical Birding: the likelihood of finding the species on this itinerary (1 = we should find almost all of these; 2 = about half of these; 3 = only a few of these; “--“ means a write-in.) R & G = plate numbers for The Birds of Ecuador: Field Guide (2001) by Robert S. Ridgely and Paul J. Greenfield M & N = plate numbers for Fieldbook of the Birds of Ecuador including the Galapagos Islands (2013) by Miles McMullan and Lelis Navarrete C = Easily detected in appropriate habitat H = Heard only X = Detected but not counted 5 February 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 R&G M&N TINAMOUS TINAMIDAE 3 Gray Tinamou Tinamus tao 1 1 H 3 Cinereous Tinamou Crypturellus cinereus 1 1 H 3 Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui 1 2 H H 2 Pale-browed Tinamou Crypturellus transfasciatus 1 2 1 1 1 SCREAMERS ANHIMIDAE 2 Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta 7 3 1 DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS ANATIDAE 2 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis 8 3 2 C 3 Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor 8 3 4 3 Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
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