[Bristol-Birds] Ecuador Field Trip
- From: JPMOYLE18@xxxxxxx
- To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 20:58:16 EST
The Bristol Bird Club expedition to Ecuador is filling up! I you are
entertaining the idea of participating, you need to send in your reservation
ASAP.
For those of you who missed the initial announcement, I will print it again.
The trip will run from July 12 through July 22. We will fly into and out of
Quito, the capitol. The cost for Ecuador will be $1995 and include meals and
lodging, local guides and transportation. Transportation to Ecuador will be
on your own. I will be flying out of Knoxville and the cost will be about $930
(American Airlines). The advantage of a non-group airfare is the freedom to
chose your own airport and carrier. This also means that you can use miles if
you wish, travel at an earlier date and leave from a different airport.
We will visit a variety of habitats including high montane cloud forest,
pre-montane cloud forest, paramo, agricultural areas, mountain stream valleys
and
eastern slope subtropical cloud forest. A sampling of possible sightings
include Green-tailed Train- bearer, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Maroon-tailed
Parakeet, Toucan Barbet, Golden-headed Quetzal, Flame-faced Tanager,
Long-wattled
Umbrellabird, Giant Antpitta, Choco Toucan, Club-winged Manakin, Andean
Emerald,
Bronze-winged Parrot, Andean Cock-of-the-Rock, Black and Chestnut Eagle,
Carunculated Caracara, Torrent Ducks, Silvery Grebe, Rufous-banded Owls,
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle, Powerful Woodpecker, Andean Potoo and Andean
Condor. All
of these cast against a background of high elevation meadows or moss-draped
trees, bromeliads and tree-ferns.
We also will have great vistas of the high Andes, valleys of cloud forest and
the high elevation towns and farms of the Ecuadorean people. Quito is a
beautiful Spanish-style city with fabulous churches and squares. It will be a
wonderful trip at a great price!
For further information and application forms contact: Dr. John Moyle, 4027
Glen Alpine Road, Kingsport, TN 37660, or email me at jpmoyle18@xxxxxxx
I will have to send detailed trip descriptions and applications by regular
mail, so send me your postal address when you request them.
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