{"id":4515,"date":"2012-03-13T10:39:09","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T09:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=4515"},"modified":"2019-12-22T22:12:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T09:12:16","slug":"birds-of-ecuador-on-the-eastern-slopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/birds-of-ecuador-on-the-eastern-slopes\/","title":{"rendered":"Birds of Ecuador on the Eastern Slopes"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p class=\"none\" style=\"clear:both;\"><figure id=\"attachment_4440\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 760px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/White_bellied_Antpitta_01.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/White_bellied_Antpitta_01.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=75&amp;resize=75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/White_bellied_Antpitta_01.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=100&amp;resize=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/White_bellied_Antpitta_01.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=150&amp;resize=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/White_bellied_Antpitta_01.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=240&amp;resize=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/White_bellied_Antpitta_01.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=320&amp;resize=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/White_bellied_Antpitta_01.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=500&amp;resize=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/White_bellied_Antpitta_01.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=640&amp;resize=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/White_bellied_Antpitta_01.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=800&amp;resize=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/White_bellied_Antpitta_01.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1024&amp;resize=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/White_bellied_Antpitta_01.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1280&amp;resize=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/White_bellied_Antpitta_01.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1600&amp;resize=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4440 size-full\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/White_bellied_Antpitta_01.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"750\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">White-bellied Antpitta (Grallaria hypoleuca) perched on a mossy stump in Ecuador.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>Part 06\/8 of Glenn Bartley&#8217;s month-long trip around Ecuador.<\/p>\n<p>Our final stop on the regular portion of the tour was a little bit further down the eastern slope. Here we were in for a real treat (and what was my favourite bird from the trip) the Black-banded Owl (see below). We also got great photo opportunities for Crimson-mantled Woodpeckers, Inca Jays, Golden-headed Quetzals and the cute little White-bellied Antpitta.<\/p>\n<p>If you think that a bird photography adventure to Ecuador might interest you make sure to e-mail me to sign up for the wish list for my workshop that will begin in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Article written and images fully copyrighted by Glenn Bartley.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"none\" style=\"clear:both;\"><figure id=\"attachment_4442\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 468px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Black_banded_Owl_San_Isidro_01.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" 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fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Black_banded_Owl_San_Isidro_01.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"458\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Black-banded Owl (Ciccaba huhula) perched on a branch in Ecuador.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"none\" style=\"clear:both;\"><figure id=\"attachment_4441\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 468px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Inca_Jay_05.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Inca_Jay_05.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=75&amp;resize=75&amp;ssl=1 75w, 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Inca_Jay_05.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=800&amp;resize=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Inca_Jay_05.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1024&amp;resize=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Inca_Jay_05.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1280&amp;resize=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Inca_Jay_05.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1600&amp;resize=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4441 size-full\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Inca_Jay_05.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"458\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Inca Jay (Cyanocorax yncas) perched on a branch in Ecuador.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part 06\/8 of Glenn Bartley&#8217;s month-long trip around Ecuador. Our final stop on the regular portion of the tour was a little bit further down the eastern slope. Here we were in for a real treat (and what was my favourite bird from the trip) the Black-banded Owl (see below). We also got great photo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2192001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/White_bellied_Antpitta_01.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6984,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2192001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}