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March 26th 2011

Published: March 27th 2011

Hello to all! The five weeks in the Yachana Reserve rainforest was an amazing experience! We both learned a lot about the rainforest ecosystem and the many species that live there. We both have so many fond memories of all aspects of the expedition that there´s a bit to much to tell in a single blog. We both had challenges with the communal/group living but it was a great learning experience, as... Read Full Entry

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Theresa and Dave

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Night time at the Kapok tree

beautiful colours...

of the butterflies in the rainforest.

identifying butterflies

When we captured butterflies on surveys, we identified them using the upside and underside. We would safely hold the butterflies like so, so as not to disturb their "scales" on their wings. No butterflies were harmed in our surveys.

Anja with a friendly butterfly

a clear winged butterfly

Jenn with a juvenille Blue Crowned Manakin

Jenn was our bird expert and biologist who was in charge of the bird studies. She knew how to handle birds very well.

measuring beak length on a hummingbird

during our Bird Survey of Mist Netting.

a woodcreeper

Theresa´s insect bites.

Sand flies camped out in my pj´s one night. I awoke with over 40 bites on one side of my leg. Calamine lotion was my saviour! Damn, that was an itchy two days!

Finding lizards

Agua Santa market

On Saturday´s we would travel by ranchero (bus) to this market. It was about 7 booths, and about 2 fixed stores. You could buy clothes, batteries, paper, pens, cookies, chocolate, chips, soaps, empanada´s, chicken dinner, etc...

Rooftop bus ride

Agua Santa

Sleeping in Hammocks

On our satellite camp in the Yachana Reserve

Strangler figs take over the tree

Stranger fig vines wrap around big trees and slowly steal nutrients until the inside tree dies. You can see that the inside tree is gone. The fig tree eventually becomes one of the biggest in the forest.

a hoati bird

caterpillar hanging out...

Some caterpillars in the rainforest are equiped to taste really bad to the predators by eating yucky tasting leaves. And some have those really "pretty" hairs and spikes that would give the predator (or us, if we touched it) a really nastey rash or burn.

Caterpillars

the "pretty" spikey ones!

Caligo Butterfly

Also known as owl eyed butterflies

canoe ride in Yasuni National Park

The Shaman we visited

27th March 2011

Marcy
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I am speechless! Not to mention extremely jealous of your ongoing adventure. Reesa...your face says it all in the pic entitled "on the canoe." You radiate pure joy and wonder. The pics of insects and animals are excellent and we look forward to every blog entry. Keep safe and I think of you often. Love to you both...Marcy

27th March 2011

T-BOtbo@theedge.ca
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So Cool......Jane and tarzan for sure......kind of bewildered as to what to say.......exept.......now I'm really jealous!

28th March 2011

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Theresa and Dave

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Hey, Marcy! Thanks for the comments. Yes, it is wonderous what a cold shower does after a day of sweating perfusely! And I´m actually wearing dry, clean clothes in this picture. haha! Miss you!

28th March 2011

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Theresa and Dave

T-Bo
Hey, Cuz! Sorry to make you so jealous. Hope all is well up in the North! Miss you!

28th March 2011

Plaffy
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Fright Night!!!
Similar to a night in The Star Wars Bar aka The Fleece, Alnwick!!!

28th March 2011

Plaffy
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Sunrise:
How beautiful is that!!!!

28th March 2011

Plaffy
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Horrible Hives!!
I have nothing to say, just horrible hives!!!!!

28th March 2011

christine allcorn
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pesky wasps.
urgh david that's just nasty. poor tum box. amazing pics tho. canny adventure.xx

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