Departure at 4 am in the morning from the hotel to the northwest from Pichincha arriving at 6 am to “Tumpiki Balcón” bird-reserve where we will watch unique species such as: Plate-billed Mountain toucan, Toucan Barbet, Blue-Winged Mountain Tanager, among others, and different species of Hummingbirds such as: Hoary Puffleg, Booted Racket-Tailed, Violet-Tailed Sylph, Brown Inca, etc.
After that we will go to the reserve “San Tadeo” to observe different species of birds such as Lemon Rumped Tanager, Golden Tanager, Black-capped Tanager, among others, and different species of Hummingbirds.
We can also visit “Milpe Bird Reserve” to watch in the feeders: Silver-Throated Tanager, Club-Winged Manakin and different species of Hummingbirds such as: Andean Emerald, Purple-bibbed Whitetip, etc., and different species of tanagers, woodpeckers, thrushes, etc.
Later we will go to visit “La Victoriana Farm” at 16h00 to watch the “Andean Cock-of-the-Rock”, we can watch more than 15 members of this specie.
Later we will come back to Quito in approx. 2 hours.
We need to wake up very early in the morning to travel to the Cloud Forest for Birdwatching.
