Part Two

  1. Galleries
  2. Land Photos
  3. South America
  4. Ecuador
  5. 2022-06 Ecuador #3
  6. Mashpi Private Reserve with Bellingham Safaris
  7. Part Two
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  • Trail Map
    Trail Map
    All the interesting trails go downhill, uphill or both.  Rubber boots are a must in this rain/cloud forest location.
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0645
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cloud Forest
    Cloud Forest
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0642
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cloud Forest
    Cloud Forest
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0648
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Copal Tree
    Copal Tree
    Protium copal - one of the largest trees in the Chocó–Darién moist forests. This is an ecoregion in the west of Colombia and east of Panama.
    Magnolia Falls Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0649
    Larry L. Jackson
  • LJax & Copal Tree
    LJax & Copal Tree
    Panorama of Protium copal & me for scale.
    Magnolia Falls Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#5414
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Liverworts
    Liverworts
    Magnolia Falls Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0658
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Nice Leaf
    Nice Leaf
    Magnolia Falls Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0659
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mashpi Columnea
    Mashpi Columnea
    Columnea floribunda
    Magnolia Falls Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0660
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Giant Flat-backed Millipede
    Giant Flat-backed Millipede
    Polydesmidae
    Magnolia Falls Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0678
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Baby Magnolia Falls
    Baby Magnolia Falls
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0682
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Baby Magnolia Falls
    Baby Magnolia Falls
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0694
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lizardo's Rocks
    Lizardo's Rocks
    Baby Magnolia Falls, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0698
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Baby Magnolia Falls
    Baby Magnolia Falls
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0700
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Downstream
    Downstream
    From Baby Magnolia Falls we walked in the stream to Dragonfly Gondola tower 4.
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0703
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Magnolia Falls to T4
    Magnolia Falls to T4
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0711
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Fishing Spider
    Fishing Spider
    Ancylometes species - uses web nets to grab water bugs and other prey.
    Magnolia Falls to T4, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0715
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bromeliad
    Bromeliad
    I can't find an id for this.
    Magnolia Falls to T4, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0719
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Fungus
    Fungus
    Magnolia Falls to T4, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0721
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Elizabeth
    Elizabeth
    We had many opportunities to fill our rubber boots with water as we picked our way along the stream.
    Magnolia Falls to T4, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0723
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cat's Tongue Leaves
    Cat's Tongue Leaves
    Feeling the surface explains the name.
    Magnolia Falls to T4, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0738
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown Flower
    Unknown Flower
    Magnolia Falls to T4, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0740
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Stilt Palm Flower Sheath
    Stilt Palm Flower Sheath
    Iriartea deltoidea - photos on the ride back to Orchid Station.
    Dragonfly Gondola, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0764
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Glass Frog Falls
    Glass Frog Falls
    Dragonfly Gondola, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0769
    Larry L. Jackson
  • False Coffee Flowers
    False Coffee Flowers
    Faramea multiflora
    Dragonfly Gondola, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0774
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Epiphytic Rubber Plant
    Epiphytic Rubber Plant
    Probably a Ficus species.
    Dragonfly Gondola, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0776
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Ecuador Sipo
    Ecuador Sipo
    Chironius grandisquamis - Our guide, Lizardo, spotted this snake while the rest of us had trouble finding it.
    Dragonfly Gondola, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0782
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown Orchid
    Unknown Orchid
    Dragonfly Gondola, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0784
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown Plant
    Unknown Plant
    Dragonfly Gondola, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0785
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Western Mountain Coati
    Western Mountain Coati
    Nasuella oliviacea
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#9869
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Golden Tanager
    Golden Tanager
    Tangara arthus goodsoni - with rain.
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#9875
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Violet-tailed Sylph female
    Violet-tailed Sylph female
    Aglaiocercus coelestis
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#9912
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Violet-tailed Sylph male
    Violet-tailed Sylph male
    Aglaiocercus coelestis
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#9937
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Empress Brilliant male
    Empress Brilliant male
    Heliodoxa imperatrix
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#9945
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rufous-throated Tanager female
    Rufous-throated Tanager female
    Tangara rufigula
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#9954
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Flame-faced Tanager
    Flame-faced Tanager
    Tangara parzudakii lunigera
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#9958
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Glistening-green Tanager
    Glistening-green Tanager
    Chlorochrysa phoenicotis
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#9962
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rufous-throated Tanager male
    Rufous-throated Tanager male
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#9982
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Purple-bibbed Whitetip
    Purple-bibbed Whitetip
    Urosticte benjamini - enjoying the rain.
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#9998
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tayra
    Tayra
    Eira barbara - bananas are great bait.
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0005
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Flame-rumped Tanagers
    Flame-rumped Tanagers
    Ramphocelus flammigerus - pair.
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0009
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White-throated Quail-Dove
    White-throated Quail-Dove
    Zentrygon frenata
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0013
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Velvet-purple Coronet
    Velvet-purple Coronet
    Boissonneaua jardini
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0032
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Velvet-purple Coronet
    Velvet-purple Coronet
    Boissonneaua jardini
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0037
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tayra
    Tayra
    Eira barbara
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0042
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Orange-bellied Euphonia
    Orange-bellied Euphonia
    Euphonia xanthogaster chocoensis - poor quality, record photo.
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0052
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hummingbird Garden
    Hummingbird Garden
    Cover was very good with the rain.
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0788
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Golden-collared Honeycreeper
    Golden-collared Honeycreeper
    Iridophanes pulcherrimus aureinucha
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0057
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Green Thorntail female
    Green Thorntail female
    Discosura conversii
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0064
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Green Thorntail females
    Green Thorntail females
    Discosura conversii
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0071
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Violet-tailed Sylph male
    Violet-tailed Sylph male
    Aglaiocercus coelestis
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0135
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Violet-tailed Sylph male
    Violet-tailed Sylph male
    Aglaiocercus coelestis
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0147
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Moss-backed Tanager
    Moss-backed Tanager
    Bangsia edwardsi
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0171
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Toucan Barbet
    Toucan Barbet
    Semnornis ramphastinus
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0189
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Toucan Barbet
    Toucan Barbet
    Semnornis ramphastinus - the tip of the bill is very interesting.
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0192
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Velvet-purple Coronet
    Velvet-purple Coronet
    Boissonneaua jardini
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0197
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blunt Vine-Snake
    Blunt Vine-Snake
    Oxybelis brevirostris
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0790
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Charm Anole
    Charm Anole
    Anolis gracilipes
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0795
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Longsnout Robber Frog
    Longsnout Robber Frog
    Craugastor longirostris
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0798
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Longsnout Robber Frog
    Longsnout Robber Frog
    Craugastor longirostris - fertilized eggs are laid in an excavated hole.
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0805
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Labiated Treefrog
    Labiated Treefrog
    Pristimantis labiosus
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0808
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Longsnout Robber Frog
    Longsnout Robber Frog
    Craugastor longirostris
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0810
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Labiated Treefrog
    Labiated Treefrog
    Pristimantis labiosus - another coloration.
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 13, 2022
    2022-06-13#0814
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cloud Forest
    Cloud Forest
    Looks like the day will be wet.
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#3824
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pink Bananas
    Pink Bananas
    Musa acuminata
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0207
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Velvet-purple Coronet
    Velvet-purple Coronet
    Boissonneaua jardini - better light this morning.
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0209
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Violet-tailed Sylph female
    Violet-tailed Sylph female
    Aglaiocercus coelestis
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0211
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Green Thorntail male
    Green Thorntail male
    Discosura conversii
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0213
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Violet-tailed Sylph male
    Violet-tailed Sylph male
    Aglaiocercus coelestis
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0226
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Purple-bibbled Whitetip female
    Purple-bibbled Whitetip female
    Urosticte benjamini
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0234
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Velvet-purple Coronet
    Velvet-purple Coronet
    Boissonneaua jardini
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0242
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Green Thorntail male
    Green Thorntail male
    Discosura conversii
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0249
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Crimson-rumped Toucanets
    Crimson-rumped Toucanets
    Aulacorhynchus haematopygus - in deep shade, but interesting behavior.
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0253
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Golden-naped Tanager
    Golden-naped Tanager
    Tangara ruficervix
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0264
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Empress Brilliant male
    Empress Brilliant male
    Heliodoxa imperatrix
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0274
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Green-crowned Brilliant male
    Green-crowned Brilliant male
    Heliodoxa jacula
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0285
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-tailed Trainbearer female
    Black-tailed Trainbearer female
    Lesbia victoriae
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0291
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tayra
    Tayra
    Eira barbara
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0302
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown Hummingbird
    Unknown Hummingbird
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0306
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Prawns & Risotto
    Prawns & Risotto
    Lunch
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#3900
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Feeder
    Feeder
    Numerous and several species.
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0312
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White-whiskered Hermit
    White-whiskered Hermit
    Phaethornis yaruqui in rain.
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0315
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown Bat
    Unknown Bat
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0334
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Western Mountain Coati
    Western Mountain Coati
    Nasuella oliviacea
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0342
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Golden Tanager
    Golden Tanager
    Tangara arthus goodsoni
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0345
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Golden-collared Honeycreeper
    Golden-collared Honeycreeper
    Iridophanes pulcherrimus aureinucha
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0355
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Saffron Finch
    Saffron Finch
    Sicalis flaveola - record photo.
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0381
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Velvet-purple Coronet
    Velvet-purple Coronet
    Boissonneaua jardini
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0392
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White-whiskered Hermit
    White-whiskered Hermit
    Phaethornis yaruqui
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0393
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Violet-tailed Sylph male
    Violet-tailed Sylph male
    Aglaiocercus coelestis
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0402
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-tailed Trainbearer female
    Black-tailed Trainbearer female
    Lesbia victoriae
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0408
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Toucan Barbet
    Toucan Barbet
    Semnornis ramphastinus
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0429
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown Flower
    Unknown Flower
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0440
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Crimson-rumped Toucanet
    Crimson-rumped Toucanet
    Aulacorhynchus haematopygus
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0447
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Purple-bibbed Whitetip male
    Purple-bibbed Whitetip male
    Urosticte benjamini
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0460
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Green-crowned Brilliant male
    Green-crowned Brilliant male
    Heliodoxa jacula
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0464
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown Hermit
    Unknown Hermit
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0470
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Feeder
    Feeder
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0480
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Golden-collared Honeycreeper female
    Golden-collared Honeycreeper female
    Iridophanes pulcherrimus
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0491
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Golden-napped Tanager
    Golden-napped Tanager
    Tangara ruficervix
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0496
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black Guan
    Black Guan
    Chamaepetes unicolor
    Hummingbird Garden, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#0504
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Local Beer
    Local Beer
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#3108
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pizza
    Pizza
    From the children's menu.
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-14#4618
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Activity Board
    Activity Board
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 14, 2022
    2022-06-15#3620
    Larry L. Jackson