29 Jan 2023, WINGS in Ecuador: Day 1, Puembo Birding Backyard
Right now I’m spending my first day in Ecuador on the Puembo Birding Backyard, a mattress and breakfast with cool birds conveniently situated close to Quito’s airport. Our WINGS tour opens right here tonight at dinner.
Puembo Birding Backyard is an eBird hotspot so I came upon what I’m prone to see lengthy earlier than I arrived. #1 will probably be a Life Chook that ranges from Columbia to Ecuador, the scrub tanager (Stilpnia vitriolina), simply interested in fruit trays even within the rain.
Maybe I’ll hear a croaking floor dove (Columbina cruziana) that appears like an orange-billed mourning dove and feels like a frog …
… or the intense purple crimson-mantled woodpecker (Colaptes rivolii) …
… or a tremendous hummingbird, the black-tailed trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae).
Try this video for a have a look at the place I’m at this time.
(pictures from Wikimedia Commons, click on on the captions to see the originals)