For my trip to Ecuador I was one of six people in a birding photography guided tour. Because it was a birding photography tour the main focus was finding and photography cool and rare birds. However, since I love photographing all types of animals, I did my best to take photographs of mammals, insects, and anything else I could find that I thought was interesting. I tried to take the best photograph I could of that subject. In this instance, these Llama were very far away and walking away from my direction so getting their faces in a shot was challenging. This was the best photograph I could get of them and this was the only time I was fortunate to see Llama while visiting Ecuador.

Some photographs I share are definitely not award winning and I’m well aware of that. But my Field Notes section is sometimes used to just document some of my travels and they will include photographs that are more documentary style.

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This animal is called a Tayra as you can see from the title. I’ve been fortunate to have seen Tayra a few times in Costa Rica but it was another pleasant surprise to see one in Ecuador as well. This one showed up while my birding photography group was at some bird feeder stations, photographing birds or course. My guess is that the Tayra frequents this location to pick up scraps. It hung around for about ten minutes or so. Unfortunately I was really close to it which may seem fun but with my long camera lens it was hard to capture a lot of shots, especially because I didn’t want to scare it away by moving around as everyone else was watching it too. I’ll post more photos of this Tayra in the coming days.

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Agouti are small-ish rodents that I have come across previously while visiting Costa Rica but the ones here in Ecuador are a little larger. This is the first time I tried to take really nice photos of them. Isn’t it cute?

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This was the second mammal that I got to see in Ecuador which happen to be another primate. We found a small group of them just outside Ama Ecolodge.  Red Mantle Saddle Back Tamarin is a rather long name.

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The first stop I made in Ecuador was at Ama Ecolodge (@amalodge.ec) where we found a couple Spider Monkeys to photograph.

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Another foggy Mule Deer shot from Montague, California.

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Another shot of a Douglas’ Squirrel at Lassen Volcanic National Park in California.

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A beautiful shot of a couple Nutria siblings.

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