Category: Birds

A Day Trip to Guango Lodge

Posted by Angie Drake | Jan 4, 2017 | Adventure, Birds, Ecuador, Hiking, North, South America, Wildlife | 0 |

Laguna Paikawe: Wildlife Near Tena

by Angie Drake | May 17, 2017 | Birds, Ecuador, El Oriente, North, South America, Wildlife | 0 |

The Laguna Paikawe is a tiny paradise. A simple canoe, a 1000-meter loop around a unpopulated...

A Day Trip to Guango Lodge

by Angie Drake | Jan 4, 2017 | Adventure, Birds, Ecuador, Hiking, North, South America, Wildlife | 0 |

As the road drops down from the heights of the Papallacta pass heading towards the lower slopes of...

Pichincha Province, Tandayapa

by Angie Drake | Nov 23, 2016 | Birds, Ecuador, La Sierra, North, Photography, South America, Wildlife | 0 |

I have a love affair with the Tandayapa Valley. It was the first place we visited after moving to...

Pichincha Province, Yanacocha Reserve

by Angie Drake | Sep 28, 2016 | Birds, Ecuador, La Sierra, North, Photography, Quito, South America, Wildlife | 0 |

The Yanacocha Reserve is a real treasure of the Pichincha province and deserves to be recognized...

Cabañas San Isidro, an East Slope Lodge

by Angie Drake | Sep 2, 2016 | Birds, Ecuador, El Oriente, Lodges, North, South America, Wildlife | 0 |

Cabañas San Isidro is a nature lodge tucked into the East Slope cloud forest of the Andes in...

San Jorge de Milpe, The Lodge

by Angie Drake | Jun 27, 2016 | Birds, Ecuador, La Sierra, Lodges, North, South America, Wildlife | 0 |

With two visits to San Jorge de Milpe under my belt, it is time for me to share this hidden...

El Garrapatero, Isla Santa Cruz

by Angie Drake | Mar 31, 2016 | Birds, Ecuador, Galapagos, South America, Wildlife | 0 |

Looking for a quiet beach on Isla Santa Cruz? Look no further than Playa El Garrapatero. You need...

Cuatro Hermanos, Isla Isabela

by Angie Drake | Feb 11, 2016 | Birds, Ecuador, Galapagos, South America, Wildlife | 0 |

For our family, this tour should have been called the Cuatro Ernestos rather than the Cuatro...

Burrowing Owls – Cochasqui

by Angie Drake | Nov 28, 2015 | Adventure, Backroads, Birds, Ecuador, La Sierra, North, South America, Wildlife | 2 |

We had the most unexpected encounter with some Burrowing Owls at an archeology site just outside...

Violet-tailed Sylph

by Angie Drake | Sep 20, 2015 | Birds, Ecuador, La Sierra, South America, Wildlife | 0 |

Before arriving to the San Jorge Tandayapa Lodge for a long weekend last month, I asked if there...

Buff-tailed Coronet Hummingbird

by Angie Drake | Jul 12, 2015 | Birds, Ecuador, South America, Wildlife | 0 |

During our July visit to the San Jorge Tandayapa Lodge, the most common visitor to the sugar...

Green-tailed Trainbearer

by Angie Drake | Jul 5, 2015 | Birds, Ecuador, South America, Wildlife | 0 |

Long-tailed hummingbirds are special creatures. And they are not always the easiest to capture on...

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