Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Ecuador http://tandayapabirdlodge.com A cloudforest lodge in Northwest Ecuador, renowned for its hummingbirds Fri, 17 May 2013 18:21:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Herps of Tandayapa http://tandayapabirdlodge.com/2012/12/28/herps-of-tandayapa/ http://tandayapabirdlodge.com/2012/12/28/herps-of-tandayapa/#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2012 19:43:02 +0000 tandayapa http://tandayapabirdlodge.com/?p=515 During the nights of the 21st and the 22nd of December 2012, Alejandro Arteaga and Lucas Bustamante from Tropical Herping (www.tropicalherping.com) visited our lodge to document, in their particularly amazing way, the herpetofauna present in our property.

They spent two nights searching for frogs and reptiles, walking up and down the various streams that cross our reserve as well as the
trails and the main road. In that short time and despite the unfavorable ultra-dry conditions they managed to find 7 species of frogs
(including a very attractive Glass frog), one species of ground snake (I have work at Tandayapa several years and have seen only once a snake here, these guys are good!) and 2 species of Anolis lizards. According to them, in other wetter conditions they could even triplicate these numbers!

 

Click this link to download the pdf file. The file is about 5mb.

]]> http://tandayapabirdlodge.com/2012/12/28/herps-of-tandayapa/feed/ 1 The Tandayapa Guide to Crypsis of Moths http://tandayapabirdlodge.com/2012/12/18/the-tandayapa-guide-to-crypsis-of-moths/ http://tandayapabirdlodge.com/2012/12/18/the-tandayapa-guide-to-crypsis-of-moths/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:34:53 +0000 tandayapa http://tandayapabirdlodge.com/?p=506 Birds may be the focus at the Tandayapa Bird Lodge, but they have a close relationship with another group of animals—moths.  Moths are a major food source for birds, and you will also see many different species of moths while at Tandayapa. Ed Williams worked at Tandayapa volunteering for a month in 2012 and he created a very interesting document about these wonderful creatures. We added some of the photos that were taken by Mark Gurney in 2005. 

 

Follow the link bellow to download the pdf file. The file is about 5mb

http://www.tandayapabirdlodge.com/wp-content/uploads/tripreports/Moths_project_Ed_Williams_2012.pdf

]]> http://tandayapabirdlodge.com/2012/12/18/the-tandayapa-guide-to-crypsis-of-moths/feed/ 0 Wildlife report from Brett Taylor http://tandayapabirdlodge.com/2011/11/18/brett-taylor-report/ http://tandayapabirdlodge.com/2011/11/18/brett-taylor-report/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:44:54 +0000 Nick http://tandayapabirdlodge.com/?p=484 Brett Taylor, a volunteer guide in Tandayapa earlier this year, has written up a list of the birds, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals he saw during his stay. The herp section has some great photos and is very useful! It is available to download in the trip reports section.

]]> http://tandayapabirdlodge.com/2011/11/18/brett-taylor-report/feed/ 1 Hummers going ballistic http://tandayapabirdlodge.com/2011/07/04/hummers-going-ballistic/ http://tandayapabirdlodge.com/2011/07/04/hummers-going-ballistic/#comments Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:53:59 +0000 tandayapa http://tandayapabirdlodge.com/?p=457 The hummingbirds over the last few days have been amazing with twenty species coming to the feeders throughout the day.

]]> http://tandayapabirdlodge.com/2011/07/04/hummers-going-ballistic/feed/ 0 New website http://tandayapabirdlodge.com/2011/06/26/hello-world/ http://tandayapabirdlodge.com/2011/06/26/hello-world/#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2011 01:06:19 +0000 tandayapa http://tandayapabirdlodge.com/?p=1 The Tandayapa Bird Lodge website is getting a facelift! While this site is still under development, you might have stumbled upon it. It will soon replace our old website at www.tandayapa.com. The beautiful new look with full-page photos is fitting for a lodge that has earned a reputation as one the top lodges in the Andes for photography.

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