For a Christmas present, Mark Turcotte (aka: Grandpa T) took us to one of his most favorite bird reserves here in Southern Ecuador. He is a hobby orinthologist. Always studying and learning about our feathered friends we share the earth with. We took a bus up into the highlands (6000 plus feet) in a cloud forest. It was raining rather hard when we arrived. Not a problem, because they have bird feeders set up so we could view 6 different species of humming birds up close and personal. We watched for about an hour and a half and then we ventured onto the trails. We missed out on viewing the rarest species of birds on the reserve due to the rain but we spent several hours just exploring the diversity of the cloud forest. Thank you grandpa T!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Visiting a Bird Reserve in Southern Ecuador
For a Christmas present, Mark Turcotte (aka: Grandpa T) took us to one of his most favorite bird reserves here in Southern Ecuador. He is a hobby orinthologist. Always studying and learning about our feathered friends we share the earth with. We took a bus up into the highlands (6000 plus feet) in a cloud forest. It was raining rather hard when we arrived. Not a problem, because they have bird feeders set up so we could view 6 different species of humming birds up close and personal. We watched for about an hour and a half and then we ventured onto the trails. We missed out on viewing the rarest species of birds on the reserve due to the rain but we spent several hours just exploring the diversity of the cloud forest. Thank you grandpa T!
