{"id":11319,"date":"2015-10-27T21:28:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T01:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/?p=11319"},"modified":"2015-10-27T21:29:04","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T01:29:04","slug":"birding-in-the-ecuadorian-andes-milpe-cloud-forest-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2015\/10\/27\/birding-in-the-ecuadorian-andes-milpe-cloud-forest-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Birding in the Ecuadorian Andes–Milpe Cloud Forest Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"

(October 8)
\nAs always, click on the photos to see a larger view.<\/p>\n

I was able to get a few birds at the entrance…
\n\"Capped<\/a>
\nCapped Conebill
\n\"Capped<\/a>
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\n\"Western<\/a>
\nWestern Emerald (female) and White-necked Jacobin (male.)
\n\"Oriole<\/a>
\nThis appears to be some sort of oriole, though I can’t quite match it to any of the pictures in my fieldbook.
\n\"Milpe<\/a>
\nThis is tropical forest (i.e. “jungle”) which turns out to be a frustrating place to use a telephoto lens. Most of my attempts to shoot birds were foiled by intervening branches.
\n\"Milpe<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Milpe<\/a>
\nBut there are always the hummingbird feeders near the entrance.
\n\"Bananaquit-1490\"<\/a>
\nThis one’s being occupied by an Bananaquit.
\n\"Bananaquit-1498\"<\/a>
\nHere he is again in the bushes.<\/p>\n

Back home you can watch a hummingbird feeder for hours and maybe see one hummingbird. In Ecuador if you watch a hummingbird feeder for 5 minutes you’ll probably see 5 or 6 different kinds fighting over it.
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