{"id":2689,"date":"2018-10-27T20:19:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T18:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/?p=2689"},"modified":"2019-07-28T16:03:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T14:03:38","slug":"las-tunas-reserva-rio-ayampe-and-guacamayo-the-ara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/en\/las-tunas-reserva-rio-ayampe-and-guacamayo-the-ara\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Tunas, Reserva Rio Ayampe, and Guacamayo the Ara"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Time flies<\/h5>\n<p>Time still flies here in Ecuador. Well, the actual time \u2013 the minutes and hours \u2013 are probably pretty much the same as back home, but it feels like it is just flying by. It has been almost three weeks since the last blog entry (here is the link if you have not read it yet <a href=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/en\/four-weeks-of-spanish-lessons-in-ecuador\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Four weeks of Spanish lessons in Ecuador<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>It not that there hasn\u2019t been anything to write about the last three weeks, we have just been occupied by other things \u2013 and we have only had ver,y little internet access.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, we are in southern Ecuador, more specifically in Reserva Buenaventura. We have left the coast \u2013 <em>La Costa<\/em> \u2013 and moved further inland and further up into the heights again \u2013 but more about that in a future blog entry. This entry is about our two weeks in Las Tunas and our volunteer work there.<\/p>\n<h5>Las Tunas<\/h5>\n<p>After the four weeks of language school, we spent the following two weeks in a very small town called <strong>Las Tunas<\/strong>. The town is approximately 16 km south of Puerto Lopez, and everybody knows each other. The reason why we were in Las Tunas was that we were working &#8211; as volunteers &#8211;\u00a0 for the organization <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fjocotoco.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Fundac\u00edon Jocotoco<\/strong><\/a>. We were to do various tasks in connections with Jocotoco\u2019s sanctuary, Rio Ayampe, and the work the organizations does locally.<\/p>\n<p>Once again we stayed with a local family. It is a very sweet family consisting of three generations \u2013 Maria and Mario, their daughter Dahlia and her daughter Danni. No one in the family speaks English but they were very good at remembering to speak slowly when talking to us. Despite the language difficulties (I still think Spanish is hard) we believe that we understood quite a lot of what they told us.<\/p>\n<p>There were also some birds in the family garden. There were many <strong>Blue-grey Tanager<\/strong>, <strong>Scrub Blackbird<\/strong> and the small parakeet <strong>Pacific Parolet<\/strong>. We saw frigatebirds and pelicans daily, flying over the garden, and one afternoon and old <strong>Peregrine Falcon<\/strong> also passed by.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2613\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2613\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2613\" src=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_DSCN3522.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_DSCN3522.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_DSCN3522-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_DSCN3522-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_DSCN3522-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Las Tunas<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2611\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2611\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2611\" src=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_Blue-grey-tanager-IMG_2853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_Blue-grey-tanager-IMG_2853.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_Blue-grey-tanager-IMG_2853-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_Blue-grey-tanager-IMG_2853-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_Blue-grey-tanager-IMG_2853-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue-grey Tanager, Las Tunas.<\/p><\/div>\n<h5>Reserva Rio Ayampe<\/h5>\n<p>The <strong>Rio Ayampe<\/strong> sanctuary was created in order to protect the critically endangered hummingbird <strong>Esmeraldas Woodstar<\/strong>, which can only be found in a small area of Ecuador\u2019s Pacific coast. The tiny <em>woodstar<\/em> is one of the worlds smallest birds, not much bigger than a bumble bee! Unfortunately, we did not get to see any as they move away from the area after the mating season \u2013 no one really know where it goes and very little is known about the species.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about the Ayampe Reserve on Jocotoco\u2019s homepage if you are interested.<\/p>\n<p>The two weeks we worked for Fundac\u00edon Jocotoco involved various tasks. for example registering of birds, feeding the parrots, cleaning the aviaries and we were also in a plant nursery couple of times. We even worked as guides for four Canadians and we helped teach school children about nature.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2604\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2604\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2604\" src=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_IMG_2658.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_IMG_2658.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_IMG_2658-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_IMG_2658-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_IMG_2658-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rio Ayampe.<\/p><\/div>\n<h5>The big green macaws<\/h5>\n<p>With a few exceptions, we were at the sanctuary every day, to help with the feeding of two <em>guacamayos<\/em> and the cleaning of their large aviary. The Guacamayo is a parrot, more specifically the <strong>Greater Green Macaw<\/strong>. This is another endangered species as its natural habitat \u2013 the forest \u2013 is being cut down and because they are caught and sold illegally as caged birds!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2630\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2630\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2630\" src=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blogG-reat-Green-Macaw-DSCN3279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blogG-reat-Green-Macaw-DSCN3279.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blogG-reat-Green-Macaw-DSCN3279-600x325.jpg 600w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blogG-reat-Green-Macaw-DSCN3279-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blogG-reat-Green-Macaw-DSCN3279-768x416.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greater Green Macaw<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The work is part of a release project that Fundac\u00edon Jocotoco takes part in, with the goal of re-establishing a wild stock of parrots in the area. The species disappeared from the area around Ayampe and Las Tunas about fifty years ago.<\/p>\n<p>With the help of breeding work with captive macaws new hatchlings are raised, and when they are old enough, they are moved to the aviary in Ayampe to be prepared for a life in the wild. After a three months stay in the release programme the macaws are released in the wild.<\/p>\n<p>The two macaws in the aviary, unfortunately, could not fly. They were supposed to have been released last January together with eight others, but for some reason, these two could not fly. Now it is hoped that they will breed in the aviary, but it is too early to tell if that will happen.<\/p>\n<p>In about a month six new macaws will join the release project in the sanctuary.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2608\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2608\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2608\" src=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/VolierDSCN3535.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/VolierDSCN3535.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/VolierDSCN3535-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/VolierDSCN3535-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/VolierDSCN3535-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reng\u00f8ring af den store voliere. Reserva Rio Ayampe.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Birding Reserva Rio Ayampe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of other birds in the reserve beside the two macaws. Fortunately, we had plenty of opportunity to experience this. From Ayampe there are three kilometres to the aviary. You can go by car most of the way \u2013 four-wheel-drive recommended. The last kilometre you walk on a narrow and muddy path through the rainforest. On the way you cross the Ayampe river four times, so a sensible pair of rubber boots are a <em>must<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The days when <strong>Byron<\/strong> came along (Jocotoco\u2019s local coordinator for the sanctuary), we drove in his four-wheel-drive on the muddy road through large puddles up to where the path began. The other days we walked together with <strong>Rene<\/strong> all the way from the town. It was, as mentioned, a three kilometre walk, but of course, we also had to go back again. Rene also works for Jocotoco and works with the parrots, does bird counting and a number of other things \u2013 and he knows the birds on their song\/voices. This is really great when there are a lot of different species that either look- or sound-alike, and when they are hard to find or you just don\u2019t know what you are looking at.<\/p>\n<p>None of the trips were the same bird-wise, we experienced something new each time. There are of course some species that are more common than others and which we would see or hear each time \u2013 f.ex. <strong>Tropical Kingbird<\/strong>,<strong> Variable Seedeater, Scrub Blackbird<\/strong> and <strong>Black Vulture<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>But there are also the \u201ddifficult\u201d species, and the rare ones. In tropical rainforests, you always hope to find a <em>mixed species flock<\/em>, on their way through the forest looking for food. Or you hope to find a colony of ants as they attract birds who eat the insects scared up by the ants.<\/p>\n<p>On our trips in the sanctuary we saw and heard various species, like <strong>Spectacled Owl<\/strong>, <strong>Guyaquil Woodpecker<\/strong>, <strong>Ecuadorian Piculet<\/strong>, <strong>Rufouscent Tigerheron<\/strong>, <strong>Choco Toucan<\/strong>, <strong>Bronze-winged Parrot<\/strong>, <strong>Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner<\/strong>, <strong>Slaty Spinetail<\/strong>, <strong>White-backed Fireeye<\/strong>, <strong>Plain Antverio<\/strong> and <strong>Slaty Antwren<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2620\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2620\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2620\" src=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_Guayaquil-Woodpecker-IMG_3007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_Guayaquil-Woodpecker-IMG_3007.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_Guayaquil-Woodpecker-IMG_3007-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_Guayaquil-Woodpecker-IMG_3007-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_Guayaquil-Woodpecker-IMG_3007-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guayaquil Woodpecker<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2622\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2622\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2622\" src=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_IMG_2647.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_IMG_2647.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_IMG_2647-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_IMG_2647-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_IMG_2647-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rufuscent Tiger-Heron<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2618\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2618\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2618\" src=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_Golden-bellied-grosbeak-IMG_2902.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_Golden-bellied-grosbeak-IMG_2902.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_Golden-bellied-grosbeak-IMG_2902-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_Golden-bellied-grosbeak-IMG_2902-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_Golden-bellied-grosbeak-IMG_2902-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden-bellied Grosbeak<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There were also a lot of other species, but we will spare you from having to go through the long list. However, we do want to mention that we also went birding at a wetland area near Ayampe. A nice little spot with six speccies of heron, some ducks \u2013 \u00a0f.ex. ten <strong>Black-bellied Whistling Duck<\/strong>, which was a new species for the area. There were <strong>Masked Watertyrant<\/strong> and some waders\/shorebirds . Down by the beach thre were several resting <strong>Lesser Nighthawks <\/strong>which are a New World species of Nightjars, and they are cryptically colored so most of them we didn\u2019t see until they took flight when we got within a few meters from them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2628\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2628\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2628\" src=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Masked-Water-tyrant-DSCN3498.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Masked-Water-tyrant-DSCN3498.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Masked-Water-tyrant-DSCN3498-600x427.jpg 600w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Masked-Water-tyrant-DSCN3498-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Masked-Water-tyrant-DSCN3498-768x546.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2628\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Masked Water Tyrant<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2624\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2624\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2624\" src=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Blog_LesserNighthawk_IMG_2339.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Blog_LesserNighthawk_IMG_2339.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Blog_LesserNighthawk_IMG_2339-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Blog_LesserNighthawk_IMG_2339-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Blog_LesserNighthawk_IMG_2339-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lesser Nighthawk<\/p><\/div>\n<h5>My name is Ara and I am an Guacamayo<\/h5>\n<p>A very important part of Fundac\u00edon Jocotoco\u2019s work at Ayampe is to, convey the importance of nature and especially the importance of the forest for the parrots (and other birds) to the locals. This is for example done by visiting the many small schools in the region and teaching the youngest schoolchildren about the importance of nature as a habitat for birds and animals.<\/p>\n<p>We visited to different schools and taught the kids \u2013 or that is to say, we mostly helped passing out books and taking pictures and shooting video. It was Byron and Rene who were in charge of conveying the important message. They also read a short story about Ara the guacamayo to the children. It is a sad story about a macaw that is caught and put in a little cage. Luckily it has a happy ending as the parrot is released into the wild again.<\/p>\n<p>It was a lot of fun to be part of and to see how the children reacted. It was also interesting to experience how the school system works in Ecuador, it is very different from how it is in Denmark \u2013 but that is a different story. When the kids were told that they would get a book (where they were also supposed to draw and color parrots) they got so excited that they almost couldn\u2019t wait. They also got a certificate which said that they were now \u201dprotectors of the guacamayo\u201d and a class photo was taken.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2616\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2616\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2616\" src=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_DSCN4011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_DSCN4011.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_DSCN4011-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_DSCN4011-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_DSCN4011-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Byron teaching school children.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2606\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2606\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2606\" src=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_IMG_2763.jpg\" alt=\"Glade skoleelever, der har h\u00f8rt Guacamoyoen.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_IMG_2763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_IMG_2763-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_IMG_2763-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/albicillaexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/blog_IMG_2763-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Happy school children whos has been learning about the Guacamoyo (Greater Green Macaw).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>All photos and video \u00a9 Bente Steffensen and Uffe Damm Andersen, unless otherwise stated.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time flies Time still flies here in Ecuador. 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