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Mindo Area, Ecuador

After a quick night in Quito on our arrival in Ecuador, the next morning we hopped a bus to Mindo where our real adventure began. This gallery contains images we snapped off during our time in the Mindo area.
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Andean Emerald
Andean Emerald		 Andean Emerald 2
Andean Emerald 2		 Andean Emerald 3
Andean Emerald 3		 Bamboo
Bamboo		 Bananaquit
Bananaquit
Bananaquit 2
Bananaquit 2		 Bananaquit 3
Bananaquit 3		 Beetle Grub
Beetle Grub		 Blue-gray Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager		 Blue-necked Tanager
Blue-necked Tanager
Butterfly
Butterfly		 Butterfly 2
Butterfly 2		 Butterfly 3 - Actinote Species?
Butterfly 3 - Actinote Species?		 Butterfly 4
Butterfly 4		 Butterfly 5
Butterfly 5
Green-crowned Brilliant Female
Green-crowned Brilliant Female		 Green-crowned Woodnymph Female
Green-crowned Woodnymph Female		 Green-crowned Woodnymph Male
Green-crowned Woodnymph Male		 Green-crowned Woodnymph Male 2
Green-crowned Woodnymph Male 2		 Green-crowned Woodnymph Male 3
Green-crowned Woodnymph Male 3
Hacienda San Vicente Grove
Hacienda San Vicente Grove		 Platanillo
Platanillo		 Frog in Leaf-litter
Frog in Leaf-litter		 Lemon-rumped Tanager Female
Lemon-rumped Tanager Female		 Metalmark Pair
Metalmark Pair
Ornate Flycatcher
Ornate Flycatcher		 Pale-mandibled Aracari
Pale-mandibled Aracari		 Pentatomid
Pentatomid		 Pink Hibiscus in Rain
Pink Hibiscus in Rain		 Red Iris
Red Iris
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gardener18-Dec-2007 17:45
Wonderful pictures, thanks for posting. The 300mm is really impressive, with the TCll, I assume, since you reach 600mm. I wonder how the exif interprets the TC, mine does not.
(I have the old 300mm (non S).
Guest 18-Dec-2007 17:35
Great gallery John
an nguyen18-Dec-2007 01:43
Superb shots . V
John Dicus15-Dec-2007 19:49
Thanks Steve. A lot of these were taken just about as close as the lens would focus. In some of the situations I couldn't shoot because the bird came too close to me and the lens wouldn't focus that close, and I couldn't back up. Of course, there was always that far away raptor or treetop-perching toucan that begged for more lens, but 300mm in the forest was often enough and I shot most of the time without the 1.4 or 2x teleconverters I brought along.
Steve Morris15-Dec-2007 18:09
John the Andean Emerald shots are superb - you must have been quite close with that 300mm lens. Vote!
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