A Reflections of the Pure World Weblog Submit Collection by Jim Acquire
Ecuador Birding – The place Each Feather Tells a Story
From October 26, 2025 by way of November 8, 2025 I joined 5 different adventurers and an impressive photographer and birding information (Liron Gertsman) with Eagle-Eye Excursions to Ecuador. This weblog sequence highlights the animals (largely birds), individuals and places we encountered over the 14 full days on this lovely land.
DAY 4 – Morning
- My Ecuador Species Depend together with your entire day at Sani Lodge and Cover Tower jumps as much as: 162 (114 lifers)
- Major eBird Public Hotspot: Sani Lodge
The Double‑toothed Kite is a kind of Amazon birds that rewards endurance. It doesn’t burst onto the scene with the drama of a macaw or the prehistoric swagger of a Hoatzin. As a substitute, it seems like a quiet shadow—calm, composed, and totally assured as an alternative within the forest. At Yasuní, that subtlety made the second much more placing. We first noticed it perched immobile on a slender department, its slate‑grey plumage mixing seamlessly with the dim understory mild. Solely the intense orange cere and legs gave it away, tiny sparks of colour in opposition to the muted greens. The chicken’s posture was basic Double‑toothed Kite—upright, alert, and affected person. It’s a species that doesn’t waste vitality. As a substitute, it waits for alternative to come back to it. In Ecuador, this kite is legendary for its uncommon looking technique: shadowing troops of monkeys. Because the primates leap by way of the cover, they flush bugs, lizards, and small vertebrates, and the kite swoops in to grab the fleeing prey. It’s a intelligent partnership—one which requires timing, agility, and a eager sense of the forest’s rhythms.
A Acquainted Face in a New Forest
Seeing the species right here introduced again recollections of my first encounter in Costa Rica. There, I watched a Double‑toothed Kite comply with a gaggle of capuchins by way of the mid‑cover, gliding effortlessly from perch to perch. It felt like watching a quiet skilled at work—by no means hurried, by no means showy, simply completely attuned to the chaos round it. However in Ecuador, the chicken felt totally different. The Amazon’s vastness provides it a grander stage. The kite appeared extra solitary, extra self‑possessed, perched above the black‑water lagoon like a sentinel. When it lastly launched into the air, its flight was easy and buoyant, wings flexing with a form of understated magnificence.
A Nearer Have a look at Its Title
Regardless of the dramatic identify, the “double‑toothed” half refers to not fangs however to small notches on the higher mandible, which assist the kite grip and dispatch prey. It’s a refined function—simple to overlook until you’re shut—however it speaks to the chicken’s precision. Every little thing about this species is constructed for effectivity.
It was a short encounter, however one which captured the essence of the Double‑toothed Kite: quiet mastery, refined magnificence, and a deep connection to the heartbeat of the forest.
It remained there for many of our time aloft, watching the cover with calm, predatory endurance. Solely after we grew to become absorbed within the exercise of a pair of GOLDEN-BELLIED EUPHONIAS—each of them busily ferrying bits of nesting materials to a hidden nook slightly below the platform—did the kite take its go away, slipping silently into the forest with none of us noticing till it was already gone.
NEXT UP: EB#28 “An Afternoon of Delicate Rainforest Harmonies Across the Lodge“
Extra Images and Video
Earlier Ecuador Birding weblog posts will likely be linked under.
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EB27 – Magnificence in Ambush: The Double‑toothed Kite of the Amazon
by Jim Acquire
In October 2025, Jim Acquire joined a birding tour in Ecuador, exploring its wealthy biodiversity and gorgeous landscapes over 14 days. The weblog sequence chronicles his experiences with birds and nature.
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EB26 – Climbing into the Clouds on the Sani Cover Tower
by Jim Acquire
In October 2025, Jim Acquire joined a birding tour in Ecuador, exploring its wealthy biodiversity and gorgeous landscapes over 14 days. The weblog sequence chronicles his experiences with birds and nature.
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EB25 – Avian Motion en Path to the Sani Cover Tower
by Jim Acquire
In October 2025, Jim Acquire joined a birding tour in Ecuador, exploring its wealthy biodiversity and gorgeous landscapes over 14 days. The weblog sequence chronicles his experiences with birds and nature.
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EB24 – Drenched however Undeterred: Exploring Sani Lodge After the Rain
by Jim Acquire
In October 2025, Jim Acquire joined a birding tour in Ecuador, exploring its wealthy biodiversity and gorgeous landscapes over 14 days. The weblog sequence chronicles his experiences with birds and nature.
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EB23 – Animal Encounters Alongside the Journey Again to Sani Lodge
by Jim Acquire
In October 2025, Jim Acquire joined a birding tour in Ecuador, exploring its wealthy biodiversity and gorgeous landscapes over 14 days. The weblog sequence chronicles his experiences with birds and nature.
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EB22 – A Cultural Feast with the Amazonian Kichwa of Sani Isla
by Jim Acquire
In October 2025, Jim Acquire joined a birding tour in Ecuador, exploring its wealthy biodiversity and gorgeous landscapes over 14 days. The weblog sequence chronicles his experiences with birds and nature.
*This Ecuador Birding weblog submit was formed and polished with the help of Microsoft Copilot, serving to convey readability and a constant move to my area notes and dictated recollections.
**Until in any other case indicated within the picture caption, all pictures (>99%) are mine.