The first output from our trip to Ecuador is an updated gallery with a few of my favourite photos from our trip in November. I took nearly 4,000 photos between my SLR and phone and it took a little while to go through them but those on the gallery are the best ones from my ‘proper’ camera.
Here’s a link to the new gallery if you want to take a look or you can navigate there through the menus at the top of the page.
Below are my two favourite shots from the trip, both taken at the Napo Wildlife Center in the Amazon – the first is of two blue and yellow macaws we saw on an evening boat trip and the second is of a male howler monkey we watched from the main tower at the center (more on them in future blog posts).
Daft Mumblings 
Hi Pete, I’ve had a go at identifying the birds. A couple I’m stumped on as Merlin giving IDs which don’t seem to fit. Knowing the dates might help as can see what was on the list for the day.
I’ve managed to comment on some of the photos, but today the site wouldn’t let me.
So here are the rest. If you come up with different IDs or ID those I’ve missed would you let me know.
29 sickle winged guan
30 powerful woodpecker
31 red crested finch
32 white lined tanager
33 possibly blue grey tanager
34 channel billed toucan
35 many banded aracari
36 ivory billed aracari
43 rufescent tiger heron
46 blue and yellow macaws
50 striated heron
52 common potoo
53 greated ani
54-60 scarlet macaw
61 anhinga
67 hoatzin
69 croaking ground dove
70 rufous collared sparrow
71 hooded mountain tanager
72 equatorial antpitta
73 masked flowerpiercer
74 poss tyrian metaltail
75 poss green tailed trainbearer
76 poss green crowned brilliant
77 don’t know
78 don’t know
79 scarlet bellied mountain tanager
80 green tailed trainbearer
81 scarlet bellied mountain tanager
82 silver throated tangager
83 bay headed tanager
84 summer tanager
85 white winged tanager
86 orange bellied euphonia
87 gorgeted sunangel
88 buff tailed coronets (think smaller one was young being fed)
89 slate hroated redstart
90 choco brushfinch
92 violet tailed sylph
Hope you both have a great Christmas and all the best for further adventures in the New Year
Paul