The weekend of November 11th, me and my dad are travelling to Ecuador for 8 days. If you read my introduction and first personal writing post, then you would know we are only going for one reason…the birds. There are just over 1600 different species of birds and 42 endemics, meaning you cannot find them anywhere else in the world. We will be birdwatching on the western slope of the Andes in Papallacta and we are hoping to see lots of hummingbirds there, including the largest hummingbird in the world, Giant Hummingbird. In the lodge we are staying at, you can get up to 20 different species of hummingbird on the feeders at once! Now that would be brilliant to see. We spend some time at very high elevation, and I will even get to stand on the equator. Our last three days will be spent doing some intense birding in the region Choco Toucan, and yes that is a bird we will hopefully see there as well as some highly colourful tanagers.
It’s brutal getting there and back because of all the flight connections we have to make. Altogether, I will be in Vancouver BC, Seattle WA, Dallas TX, Miami FL, and Quito Ecuador. It will be worth it though once we are there!