This was the longest journey of the entire trip as we left Yankuam, drove back past Copalinga and onto the town of Saraguro where we would spend one night. One the way we stopped in a river valley where picked up Torrent Duck. There were two males and a female diving into the fast flowing river from some rocks. Not surprisingly we also saw White-capped Dipper, Torrent Tyrannulet, Fasciated Tiger Heron, Spotted Sandpiper and Black Phoebe in this area.
A walk up the road from the river produced an incredible loose flock of 21 Swallow-tailed Kites, three or four Cock of the Rocks, a Turquise Jay, Long-tailed Tyrant, Scarlet-rumped Cacique, Yellow-rumped Cacique, Golden-eared Tanager, Paradise Tanager, Magpie Tanager, Silver-beaked Tanager, Black-faced Dacnis, Olive Finch and Canada Warbler.
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| Long-tailed Tyrant - The distribution extends from Honduras to Southern Brazil but with large gaps. |
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| A Paradise and a Golden-eared Tanager photographed from the road. |
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| Torrent Duck - A duck of fast-flowing Andean rivers and streams and it range extends from Venezuela right down to Tierra Del Fuego. A third birds head is just breaking the surface of the water. |
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| Andean Cock of the Rock - Only found in the Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia. The species is rather darker in colour than the very similar Guianan Cock of the Rock. |
Much later we stopped at a site for possible Oilbird but failed to see any. Instead we watched some White-collared Swifts while we were having a packed lunch by the road.
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| White-collared Swift - Found from Mexico as far south as mid Argentina and also in the Caribbean. |
Our next stop was late afternoon when we stopped at a site for the rare Red-faced Parrot. The birds inhabit a large forested area and we were watching from an open grassy area within the wooded area. For a while it was fairly quiet although White-chested Swifts, White-collared Swifts and a single Brown-bellied Swallow flew overhead. Eventually we heard the calls of the Parrots and we were fortunate that two started feeding in a tree on the edge of the clearing.
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| Red-faced Parrot - A near Ecuador endemic found locally in Southern Ecuador with a small population in NW Peru. |
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We then proceeded on the journey to our the Wasi Indi Hotel in Saraguro. The hotel was situated high above the town with magnificent views.
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| The reception area of the Inti Wasi hotel - We only spent one night here. |
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