Well roared II

Alright, now with Sound:

Inspector Rudeboy investigates

During the Search for Tapaculos: under a big overhanging stone (after inspection declared as not suited for bouldering)...

leftovers...

and different leftovers..

on the way footprints all over

Left as suspect is only the Puma. Boring crime-story but a nice experience.

Buenaventura V

The last week searching for the El Oro Tapaculo in Buenaventura started. After that it's finally back to the ocean again. Whereas looking for Tapaculos is nice aswell...

Buenaventura IV

 

Buenaventura III

Thats the way the earthworms look like over here:

a long-tailed hummingbird at the bar

Fotos from the archives II

The speed squeeze (all captures Nayya)

sequence here:

Buenaventura II

A few pics from work:

Through this and similar I have to work my way all the time with the machete, all with 45 degrees inclination:

 World-exclusive: one of the few pictures of an El Oro Tapaculo in the wild

Lunch-break

The hut in which we spend the night in the field from time to time:

 A hummingbird nest:

At the Tapaculo-dentist:

Fotos from the archives I

 liquid right-handed sugar

switch in Indo

Buenaventura I

A few pics from my workplace. First a little overview: on the next picture everything in sight plus about the same area on the other side of the hills.

A few advantages of regular rain:

Tapaculo I

8 days of searching and 2 days of trying to catch it the first Tapaculo is measured and banded...