From modern bridges to a functional swinging bridge over the treetops in the Amazon forest in Ecuador. A photographer maintains balance while taking pictures of the birds.
Swinging Bridge Above the Treetops – Amazon
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Ecuador Amazon – A Spider’s Web
Ecuador Amazon – A Spider’s Web
A spider weaves its web in the jungle of Ecuadorian Amazon
Ecuador Amazon – Double-toothed Kite
Ecuador Amazon – Double-toothed Kite
The double-toothed kite, a bird of prey, generally hunts from a perch above the rainforest floor. The kite dives quickly downward to catch lizards and insects, the principle staples of its diet. The double toothed kite is an opportunistic hunter, often perching near groups of monkeys in order to capture prey flushed by the large mammals
Ecuador Amazon – A Natural Water Collector
Ecuador Amazon – A Natural Water Collector
Nature produces its own utensils. A dried leaf collects rain water for the jungle inhabitants.
Ecuador Amazon – Great White Egret on Napo River
Ecuador Amazon – Great White Egret on Napo River
A Great White Egret on the sand banks of the Napo, the largest river in Ecuadorian Amazonia
Ecuador Amazon – Yellow-rumped Cacique
Sacha Lodge offers a 940-foot (275-meter) long canopy walkway at approximately 94 feet (30 meters) above the ground and the rainforest offers an unbelievable opportunity to spot dozens of animals and birds seldom seen from the ground. They are quite far away,
Ecuador Amazon – Yellow-rumped Cacique Far Away
but a zoom lens helps!
Ecuador Amazon – Yellow-rumped Cacique
The Yellow-rumped Cacique is a bird associated with open woodland or cultivation with large trees. This gregarious bird eats large insects and fruit. The song of the male Yellow-rumped Cacique is a brilliant mixture of fluting notes with cackles, wheezes and sometimes mimicry. There are also many varied calls, and an active colony can be heard from a considerable distance.
Ecuador Amazon – Jungle Canopy
Ecuador Amazon – Jungle Canopy
Walking along the trails in the dense, lush jungles seems like a stroll under nature’s canopy
Ecuador Amazon – At Sacha Lodge
Ecuador Amazon – Sacha Lodge Reflections
Sacha Lodge is found within a 5000-acre private ecological reserve in Ecuador’s Amazon region, an accessible yet pristine rainforest sanctuary.
The journey to Sacha Jungle Lodge began in Quito, Ecuador’s capital city. From here, a 25-minute flight to the port town of Puerto Francisco de Orellana, locally known as Coca. Then a covered motorized canoe ride for a 2-hour, 50-mile (80-kilometer) trip down the sediment-rich waters of the Napo, the largest river in Ecuadorian Amazonia.