Monday 31 December 2007

Abstacts from Ecuador

Hats
Mangroves

Lava






Fronds

The 'locals'




Scenes from Ecuador

River Napo
Andean Volcano

Valley between the two Andean mountain ranges


Amazonian Jungle



Tanager

Blue and grey Tanager


Female Silver-beaked Tanager

Parrot


Green Parrot sp

Amazonian Monkey


Woolly Monkey

Trumpeter


Grey-winged Trumpeter

Toucan


White-throated Toucan

Capybara


Capybara--the world's largest rodent

Hawk


Possible Short Tailed Hawk seen in the Andes at about twelve thousand feet.

Parakeet


Green Parakeet sp.

Sparrow


The ubiquitous Rufous-necked Sparrow

Grosbeak


Southern Yellow Grosbeak

Grebe


Pied-billed Grebe

Flycatcher

Large-billed (or Galapagos) Flycatcher


Female Vermillion Flycatcher

Coot


American Coot

Sunday 30 December 2007

Hawk







Galapagos Hawk



Blue-footed booby


Blue-footed Booby

Crab



Sally Lightfoot Crab

Oyster Catcher




American Oyster Catcher on nest

Iguana

Female Marine Iguana
Male Land Iguana

Male Marine Iguana


Male Marine Iguanas



Male Marine Iguana




Male Marine Iguana












Male Marine Iguana

Finch

Warbler Finch
Small Cactus Finch

Small Tree Finch, male


Male Medium Ground Finch








Female Small Ground Finch

Albatross

A distant shot of Mum or Dad
Waved Albatross Chick

Waved Albatross Chick

Only a few families remained on the island of Espanola ( the only breeding site in the Gallapagos ) since their breeding period is from March to early January. We were therefore fortunate to catch sight of this 'Near Threatened'species; currently only about eighteen thousand pairs breed.