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Birding in the Mindo Region, Ecuador – part 2
The Mindo region of Ecuador! It’s world-renown for birds. We covered several hotspots in our previous post, so here’s some more. And another video, of course! These locations are more “off the beaten track” than the ones from the last post, requiring longer driving to get to and/or stretches of unsealed roads to cover. They…
Birding in the Mindo Region, Ecuador – part 1
After the heady delights of our Andes East Slope tour (chronicled in part 1 and part 2), it was time to head west of Quito. About an hour and a half’s drive lies the biodiverse Mindo region, renowned as an amazing place to see and photograph many glorious neotropical bird species. And it’s a region…
Birding at WildSumaco, Ecuador
As part of a 10-day Andes East Slope birding tour (see last post), I stayed six nights at WildSumaco Lodge, which sits at 1500m in elevation and is around 4.5 hours east of Quito by road. With 675 bird species over all time according to eBird, it is the top hotspot by that measure in…
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