Ecuador, November 2004

A holiday of a lifetime! Over 3 weeks travelling around Ecuador with one week out in the Galapagos, 4 days in the Amazon basin and the rest in the high Andes and Andean foothills on both the eastern and western slopes. Many thanks go to Tropical Birding for the itinery, the bookings with transfers etc, and for their guide, Jose.

Great Saffirewing, hummingbird.

Saffire-vented Puffleg, hummingbird.

Buff-winged Starfrontlet, hummingbird.

Sword-billed Hummingbird.

Golden-breasted Puffleg, hummingbird.

... hummingbird

butterfly sp

Cloud Forest at San Isidro.

Chesnut-breasted Coronet, hummingbird

Dawn over the Amazon rain forest

'Embryonic' fern frond

Fern frond

orchid sp in the Andes.

Mountain Velvetbreast, hummingbird

View across the Andes from the Yanacocha Reserve

View across the Andes from the Yanacocha Reserve

Tyrian Metaltail, hummingbird.

Green-crowned Woodnymph, hummingbird.

Cloud Forest, Tandayapa Valley

Brown Inca, hummingbird.

Blue-tailed Emerald, hummingbird

Purple-throated Woodstar, hummingbird

Purple-throated Woodstar, hummingbird

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Booted Racket-tail, hummingbird

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Brown Inca, hummingbird

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Andean Emerald, hummingbird

Booted Racket-tail, hummingbird

Booted Racket-tail, hummingbird

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Fawn-breasted Brilliant, hummingbird

Violet-tailed Sylph, hummingbird.

Sparkling Violetear, hummingbird.

Booted Racket-tail, hummingbird.

Sparkling Violetear, hummingbird.

Purple-collared Woodstar, hummingbird.

Pygmy Marmoset

Mouse-coloured Antshrike

Many-banded Aracari

Many-banded Aracari

butterfly sp

butterfly sp

butterfly sp

Hoatzin

Black-banded Owl.

Lizard sp

butterfly sp

Social Flycatcher

Arriving at Sacha Lodge by dug-out canoe.

Grasshopper sp

Snow-capped mountain in the Andes, Ecuador.

Coloured houses of Quito suburbs.

Yellow Warbler

Galapagos Heron

Waved Albatrosses

Waved Albatross

Self portrait - reflected in the Hood Mockingbird's eye!

Brown Pelican

Red-billed Tropicbird

Blue-footed Booby.

Curious Mockingbirds.

Galapagos Dove.

Medium Ground Finch

Vermilion Flycatcher

Land Iguana

White-vented (Elliot's) Storm-petrel

Striated Heron

Medium Ground Finch

Lava Gull

Galapagos Giant Tortoise

Large Ground Finch

Lava Lizard

View down onto the landing beach, Bartolome.

Brown Pelican

Marine Iguana

.... crab

Lava Lizard

Galapagos Sea Lion

Greater Flamingo

Red-necked Phalaropes

Red-footed Booby.

Swallow-tailed Gull.

juvenile Booby.

Swallow-tailed Gull.

Magnificent Frigatebird

Galapagos Mockingbird

Stout-billed Cinclodes

Flower sp