26-jun A few days ago I made a short trip with some friends up to the northern border to twitch yellow-backed Oriole. that worked well. I also wanted to check up on a couple of other sites and it was all over very nice with great birds and excellent views of many things. Yellow-backed oriole was the only new photo species but several of the others were upgrades like the Cinereous Harriers. I am particularily happy with the Rufous-crowned tody-Tyrant with the blur around.

9-jun Pictures from a short trip to the amazon by myself. Two new species for the galleries - Green Manakin and Coraya Wren. Short-billed Honeycreeper was new for the Ecuadorian gallery. A poor picture but they were recorded at 1355 masl which is extremely high.

13-may A big batch from a trip to the far east for the Global Big Day (4 of May) and I stayed behind with my friend José Illianes for another few days of birding. Three new species for the galleries - Dot-backed Antbird, Slate-colored Hawk and Solitary Cacique. Olive-faced Flatbill was new for the Ecuadorian gallery. This took the tally for my galleries to OVER 1500 species!!
Best bird of the trip was a lifer - Fiery-tailed Awlbill! Rare all over its range and species number 1600 for me in Ecuador! As the first birder I broke this dream-limit. I got a picture of the bird but very poor, so I don't include it here.