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Ecuador Birds, Sun, Mar 10, 2024, Day 7

Day 7, Mar 10, we birded from the deck at San Isidro Lodge, walked the road outside the lodge, then drove to La Brisa, a hummingbird feeding station, for the afternoon.
Scarlet-rumped Cacique
The light for the moth sheet was still on when we started birding from the deck, which helped illuminate the birds in the early morning.
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Scarlet-rumped Cacique
The light for the moth sheet was still on when we started birding from the deck, which helped illuminate the birds in the early morning.

Russet-backed Oropendola
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Russet-backed Oropendola

Montane Woodcreeper
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Montane Woodcreeper

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Montane Woodcreeper
with a moth
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Montane Woodcreeper
with a moth

Finally captured a little of the scarlet rump of the cacique, though not in focus
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Finally captured a little of the scarlet rump of the cacique, though not in focus

More rump, less focus
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More rump, less focus

Scarlet-rumped Cacique
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Scarlet-rumped Cacique

Chestnut-breasted Coronet
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Chestnut-breasted Coronet

Green Jay (Inca variety)
The Inca variety show a white crown, instead of the blue found farther north, have a pale blue eye, blue forehead tuft, and rich sulphur yellow belly contrasting with darker green upperparts (per Merlin).
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Green Jay (Inca variety)
The Inca variety show a white crown, instead of the blue found farther north, have a pale blue eye, blue forehead tuft, and rich sulphur yellow belly contrasting with darker green upperparts (per Merlin).

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Andean variety of Green Jay
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Andean variety of Green Jay

Cinnamon Flycatcher
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Cinnamon Flycatcher

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Male Masked Trogon
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Male Masked Trogon

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Olive-backed Woodcreeper
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Olive-backed Woodcreeper

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Olive-backed Woodcreeper
inspecting a cavity in the tree
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Olive-backed Woodcreeper
inspecting a cavity in the tree

Cinnamon Flycatcher
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Cinnamon Flycatcher

Chestnut-breasted Coronet
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Chestnut-breasted Coronet

Back side of the Chestnut-breasted Coronet
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Back side of the Chestnut-breasted Coronet

Golden-bellied Flycatcher
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Golden-bellied Flycatcher

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Immature Rufous-collared Sparrow
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Immature Rufous-collared Sparrow

Canada Warbler
We saw more Canada and Blackburnian Warblers this one morning than we've ever seen in the states.
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Canada Warbler
We saw more Canada and Blackburnian Warblers this one morning than we've ever seen in the states.

Canada Warbler
looking up at us from below the deck
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Canada Warbler
looking up at us from below the deck

Back side of the Speckled Hummingbird
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Back side of the Speckled Hummingbird

Black-billed Peppershrike
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Black-billed Peppershrike

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Blackburnian Warbler
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Blackburnian Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler
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Blackburnian Warbler

Canada Warbler
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Canada Warbler

Bronzy Inca
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Bronzy Inca

Pale-edged Flycatcher
back view
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Pale-edged Flycatcher
back view

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Pale-edged Flycatcher
front view
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Pale-edged Flycatcher
front view

Speckled Hummingbird
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Speckled Hummingbird

Pale-edged Flycatcher (above) and Cinnamon Flycatcher (below)
perched on the same branch
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Pale-edged Flycatcher (above) and Cinnamon Flycatcher (below)
perched on the same branch

Cinnamon Flycatcher
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Cinnamon Flycatcher

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Blackburnian Warbler
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Blackburnian Warbler

Canada Warbler
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Canada Warbler

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Chestnut-breasted Coronet
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Chestnut-breasted Coronet

Blackburnian Warbler
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Blackburnian Warbler

Chestnut-breasted Coronet
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Chestnut-breasted Coronet

Black-eared Hemispingus
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Black-eared Hemispingus

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Slate-throated Redstart
below our vantage point on the deck
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Slate-throated Redstart
below our vantage point on the deck

Tropical Kingbird
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Tropical Kingbird

Fawn-breasted Brilliant
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant

Azara's Spinetail
After days of only hearing or glimpsing them, this one finally sat out for a few seconds.
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Azara's Spinetail
After days of only hearing or glimpsing them, this one finally sat out for a few seconds.

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Put all the photos together and you get a complete picture.
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Put all the photos together and you get a complete picture.

Mountain Wren
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Mountain Wren

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Common Chlorospingus
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Common Chlorospingus

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Violet-fronted Brilliant
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Violet-fronted Brilliant

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Violet-fronted Brilliant
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Violet-fronted Brilliant

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Pale-edged Flycatcher
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Pale-edged Flycatcher

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Tropical Kingbird (above) and Golden-bellied Flycatcher (below)
sharing a branch
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Tropical Kingbird (above) and Golden-bellied Flycatcher (below)
sharing a branch

Black-billed Peppershrike
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Black-billed Peppershrike

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Smoke-colored Pewee
After seeing only a silhouette of this fellow earlier in the morning, Vickie pointed him out, sitting in much better light.
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Smoke-colored Pewee
After seeing only a silhouette of this fellow earlier in the morning, Vickie pointed him out, sitting in much better light.

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Chestnut-breasted Coronet
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Chestnut-breasted Coronet

Bronzy Inca
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Bronzy Inca

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Black-billed Peppershrike
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Black-billed Peppershrike

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Back view of the Chestnut-breasted Coronet
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Back view of the Chestnut-breasted Coronet

Bronzy Inca and Chestnut-breasted Coronet
sharing the feeder
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Bronzy Inca and Chestnut-breasted Coronet
sharing the feeder

Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
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Gray-breasted Wood-Wren

Collared Inca
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Collared Inca

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Bluish Flowerpiercer
deep in the thicket
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Bluish Flowerpiercer
deep in the thicket

You can see a fuzzy red eye on the preening Bluish Flowerpiercer.
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You can see a fuzzy red eye on the preening Bluish Flowerpiercer.

Bluish Flowerpiercer
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Bluish Flowerpiercer

Strong-billed Woodcreeper
on our walk along the road outside the grounds of San Isidro Lodge
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Strong-billed Woodcreeper
on our walk along the road outside the grounds of San Isidro Lodge

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Cinnamon Flycatcher
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Cinnamon Flycatcher

The best of the bad photos of the Black-crested Warbler
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The best of the bad photos of the Black-crested Warbler

I think the final consensus was that this was a Western Wood-Pewee.
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I think the final consensus was that this was a Western Wood-Pewee.

Saffron-crowned Tanager
another bad, back-in-the-thicket photo
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Saffron-crowned Tanager
another bad, back-in-the-thicket photo

Mountain Wren
back at the lodge deck at lunch time
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Mountain Wren
back at the lodge deck at lunch time

'Short-tailed' Long-tailed Sylph
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'Short-tailed' Long-tailed Sylph

Bronzy Inca
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Bronzy Inca

White-capped Tanagers
Carlos spotted the tanagers in the top of a tree at the edge of the parking lot as we were getting ready to leave for the afternoon.
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White-capped Tanagers
Carlos spotted the tanagers in the top of a tree at the edge of the parking lot as we were getting ready to leave for the afternoon.

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Male Gorgeted Woodstar
In the afternoon, we visited the La Brisa hummingbird feeders. There was a light drizzle most of the afternoon, but it didn't keep the birds away.
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Male Gorgeted Woodstar
In the afternoon, we visited the La Brisa hummingbird feeders. There was a light drizzle most of the afternoon, but it didn't keep the birds away.

Female Gorgeted Woodstar
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Female Gorgeted Woodstar

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Male Peruvian Racket-tail
This racket-tail has rufous-colored 'boots.'
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Male Peruvian Racket-tail
This racket-tail has rufous-colored 'boots.'

Bronzy Inca
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Bronzy Inca

Speckled Hummingbird
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Speckled Hummingbird

Peruvian Racket-tail
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Peruvian Racket-tail

Green-backed Hillstar
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Green-backed Hillstar

Violet-fronted Brilliant
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Violet-fronted Brilliant

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Speckled Hummingbird
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Speckled Hummingbird

Bananaquit
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Bananaquit

Male Gorgeted Woodstar
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Male Gorgeted Woodstar

Peruvian Racket-tail
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Peruvian Racket-tail

From the left: Bronzy Inca, Violet-fronted Brilliant, Fawn-breasted Brilliant, female Peruvian Racket-tail
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From the left: Bronzy Inca, Violet-fronted Brilliant, Fawn-breasted Brilliant, female Peruvian Racket-tail

Fawn-breasted Brilliant
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Fawn-breasted Brilliant

Violet-fronted Brilliant
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Violet-fronted Brilliant

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Long-tailed Sylph
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Long-tailed Sylph

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Violet-fronted Brilliant
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Violet-fronted Brilliant

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Speckled Hummingbird
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Speckled Hummingbird

Peruvian Racket-tail
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Peruvian Racket-tail

Male Peruvian Racket-tail
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Male Peruvian Racket-tail

Female Violet-fronted Brilliant
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Female Violet-fronted Brilliant

Back view of the Speckled Hummingbird
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Back view of the Speckled Hummingbird

Bronzy Inca (L), Speckled Hummingbird (R)
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Bronzy Inca (L), Speckled Hummingbird (R)

Green-backed Hillstar
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Green-backed Hillstar

Tawny-bellied Hermit
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Tawny-bellied Hermit

Female Peruvian Racket-tail
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Female Peruvian Racket-tail

Green-backed Hillstar
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Green-backed Hillstar

Long-tailed Sylph
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Long-tailed Sylph

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Long-tailed Sylph
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Long-tailed Sylph

Red-billed Parrots
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Red-billed Parrots

Female White-bellied Woodstar
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Female White-bellied Woodstar

Female White-bellied Woodstar
at verbena
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Female White-bellied Woodstar
at verbena

Male Geoffroy's Daggerbill
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Male Geoffroy's Daggerbill

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Southern Emerald-Toucanet
We took a walk away from the hummingbird feeders and found the toucanet.
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Southern Emerald-Toucanet
We took a walk away from the hummingbird feeders and found the toucanet.

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Blue-gray Tanager
We got back on the highway to return to San Isidro Lodge and saw this Blue-gray Tanager in a tree across the road. This appears to be the 'white edged' variety of Blue-gray Tanager.
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Blue-gray Tanager
We got back on the highway to return to San Isidro Lodge and saw this Blue-gray Tanager in a tree across the road. This appears to be the 'white edged' variety of Blue-gray Tanager.

Black-billed Thrush
Andres spotted this Black-billed Thrush in a small tree next to the bus. When we got out to take a look, it flew to the power line across the road.
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Black-billed Thrush
Andres spotted this Black-billed Thrush in a small tree next to the bus. When we got out to take a look, it flew to the power line across the road.

Blue-gray Tanager
We returned our focus to the tanager, with what looks like nesting material.
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Blue-gray Tanager
We returned our focus to the tanager, with what looks like nesting material.

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Social Flycatcher
also on the wire at the same stop
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Social Flycatcher
also on the wire at the same stop

Back at the lodge after supper, I got this weird blurry photo of the Black-banded Owl on its roost.
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Back at the lodge after supper, I got this weird blurry photo of the Black-banded Owl on its roost.

Black-banded Owl
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Black-banded Owl