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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Another shot of a Sword Billed Hummingbird found at Zuro Loma Reserve in Ecuador.  This was one of my favorite properties to visit and I highly recommend you do as well if you also want to discover the nature that Ecuador has to offer.

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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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One of the craziest Hummingbirds I have ever encountered.

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When visiting family back in December one of my aunts told me that she likes photos of Hummingbirds and flowers. I took that as a challenge to impress her with photographs that feature Hummingbirds and flowers knowing that I could take some during my Ecuador trip.   I hope others enjoy these photographs as well.

The secondary Hummingbird on the bottom is a Tyrian Metaltail for those interested.

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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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I will Bee posting a lot of photographs that are green in color in the coming days because Ecuador is very green. Pun intended.

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Another shot from Ama Ecolodge. I love this photograph and I think it represents a photography style that I have created for myself very well.

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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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