Southern Ecuador

Click photos to enlarge...

Jorupe presented us with a completely different habitat - dry deciduous forest - reminiscent of our home in southeast Arizona, save for the Ceiba trees that looked like Palo Verdes on steroids. Another Jocotoco Foundation lodge, Jorupe was a comfortable base to get the last new birds of the trip, some endemic to the area.	View of rolling hills en route to Jorupe	Robert at the dining area	Our cabin! #3, the Long-billed Starthroat
A Guayaquil Squirrel checking out the banana feeders	Chile peppers!	Plumbeous-backed Thrush	White-tailed Jays
Whooping Motmot in a standoff with Ecuadorian Thrush	White-edged Oriole...I know, tough view	Golden-bellied (southern yellow) Grosbeak	Watkin's Antpitta!
Another Golden-bellied Grosbeak	Whooping Motmot	White-tipped Dove	Blue Ground-Dove
Whooping Motmot, one more time	A Ceiba tree	Interesting lizard - zoom in!	A "cracker" butterfly - zoom in!
Liza on the trail	Robert coming down a steep hill after a fruitless search for the Henna-hooded Foliage-Gleaner	Amazilia Hummingbird	Boat-billed Flycatcher
Peruvian Pygmy-Owl	Black-capped Sparrow	View from the deck at the dining area	Not a snake! Just a vine branch...
Late afternoon at Jorupe	Pretty flowers...	...and butterflies	Plumbeous-backed Thrush and Yellow-tailed Orioles
	Road construction en route to Loja	Road construction en route to Loja

Click photos to enlarge...