{"id":8411,"date":"2019-01-07T21:02:12","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T03:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?p=8411"},"modified":"2024-01-29T17:27:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T23:27:28","slug":"the-cock-of-the-rock-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldnaturalist.com\/?p=8411","title":{"rendered":"The Cock of the Rock Adventure El gallito de las rocas aventura"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador. For two days,\u00a0 we took early morning hikes with our birding guide, Lucia, who pointed out numerous species of tanagers and other birds.<\/p>\r\n

El bosque de nubes de mindo, Ecuador. Por dos dias, me esposa y yo tomamos temprano caminatas matutinos con nuestro guia de aves, Lucia, que mostramos muchas especies de tanajaras y otros aves.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Photo by Carol S Wade<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Golden Tanager
Photo by Lucia Pilco<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Vermillion Flycatcher
Photo by Lawrence Wade

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Choc\u00f3 Toucan
Photo by Lawrence Wade<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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\u00a0 Common Potoo\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Photo by Lucia Pilco<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

After two days, Lucia told us about the Cock of the Rock. But before we could see\u00a0 the bird, we needed to do the following:
4am Get out of bed
4:30am Cross the river on the trolley
4:45am\u00a0 Take a taxi with Lucia
5:15 am Get dropped off on a dirt road in the jungle
5:20am\u00a0 Three other taxis arrive\u00a0 with 10 serious birderwatchers. We couldn’t believe it.
Shortly after 5:30 the owner showed up and opened the gate. The group hustled down to the bird blind and jostled for a viewing position. The blind fit around 6 people comfortably, but on this morning there were 13 people and many of them had huge cameras with 3 foot lenses.<\/p>\r\n

Despu\u00e9s de dos dias, Lucia nos dijimos de ‘el gallito de las rochas’. Pero antes de que nos pudimos ver el pajaro, necisit\u00e1bamos hacer lo siguente:
4:30 lev\u00e1ntamos de la cama
4:45 tomamos un taxi con Lucia
5:15\u00a0 nos dejamos en un camino de tierra en la selva
5;20 Tres otro taxis llegaron con diez serias observadores de aves. No lo pod\u00edamos creer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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That is Lucia trying to get through the camera maize.
Photo by Carol S. Wade<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u00a0Listen to the cacophony of Cock of the Rocks calling :<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n