birdwatching trip report - Ecuador - surfbirds.com
to the list. It was then the star of the show put in an appearance; a
Sword-billed Hummingbird
visited the feeders for around 30 seconds.
Buff-tailed Coronet
Heading back for lunch we stopped to take photographs of the hummingbird feeders, the birds being so fast that in the time it took to depress the shutter they were gone and I was left with several photographs of empty feeders, however with perseverance I was able to get a few reasonable shots.
After a packed lunch we headed off towards Tandayapa birding along the way, it was only a couple of miles before we made our first stop by the roadside to see a pair of
Red-crested Cotinga's
perched in their normal treetops. A short walk also added |
