Ecuador Amazon – Toucans
Toucans are brightly marked and have large, often colorful bills. The family includes five genera and about forty different species. The name of this bird group is derived from the Tupi word tukana, via Portuguese.
This photo was taken from far away with a 300 mm zoom lens.
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
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.