Which fowl species do you assume is the largest attraction to guests of your lodge (please solely identify one species)?
There are various prime birds, however to me, it’s the Salvin’s Curassow (Mitu salvini), which is getting quite common across the lodge.
What’s the identify of your lodge, and since when has your lodge been working?
The lodge’s identify is La Isla Escondida, as it’s positioned between 2 main rivers and due to this fact protected against hunters up to now. The lodge is open to guests since January 2017.
How greatest to journey to your lodge?
Finest is to fly to Puerto Asís from both Bogota or Cali, and there we are able to choose you up. Additionally it is attainable to take a bus from there to Orito after which a taxi to the trailhead. The stroll to the lodge takes about 1.5 hours and may be very stunning (superb for birding). Your baggage shall be delivered to the lodge by the horses.
Collared Puffbird
What sort of companies – apart from lodging and meals – does your lodge provide to visiting birders?
Now we have glorious fowl guides, glorious marked trails (you possibly can stroll all over the place by yourself), and a pair of cover towers (one with lodging). The lodge has hummingbird feeders.
Buff-tailed Sicklebill
What makes your lodge particular?
Due to the altitude (850 m above sea stage), we’ve a wonderful vary of birds: species from the lowlands and the Andes, in addition to typical species from the foothills. The lodge is positioned in the course of major forest, and practically all of the birds are particular. Among the many 450 species recorded are not often seen species, which aren’t too troublesome to see across the lodge. Because of this we’re probably the greatest birdwatching places in Colombia.
Furthermore, we’ve glorious meals, and the charges are cheap in comparison with different lodges.
Putumayo had a nasty fame, however the lodge and the world round it are completely protected.
Gould’s Jewelfront
What are the ten – 20 most attention-grabbing birds that your lodge affords good possibilities to see?
1. Crimson-winged Wooden-Rail Aramides calopterus
2. Spectacled Bristle-Tyrant Phylloscartes orbitalis
3. Buff-throated Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus rufigularis
4. Fulvous Antshrike Frederickena fulva
5. Inexperienced Manakin Cryptopipo holochlora
6. Salvin’s Curassow Mitu salvini
7. Buff-tailed Sicklebill Eutoxeres condamini
8. Black-bellied Thorntail Discosura langsdorffi
9. Fiery-throated Fruiteater Pipreola chlorolepidota
10. Nocturnal Curassow Nothocrax urumutum
11. Black-faced Hawk Leucopternis melanops
12. Foothill Screech-owl Megascops roraimae
13. Bushy-crested Antbird Rhegmatorhina melanosticta
14. Foothill Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla spodionota
15. Gray-tailed Piha Snowornis subalaris
16. Collared Puffbird Bucco capensis
17. Black-throated Sensible Heliodoxa schreibersii
18. Pavonine Quetzal Pharomachrus pavoninus
19. Lined Forest-Falcon Micrastur gilvicollis
20. Gould’s Jewelfront Heliodoxa aurescens
Black-faced Hawk
What’s the greatest time to go to your lodge, and why?
The entire 12 months is nice for birding within the lodge. However it’s higher to keep away from the rainier months, Could-June.
Fiery-throated Fruiteater
Is your lodge concerned in conservation efforts? If sure, please describe them.
Sure, we’re preserving a variety of forest, and we prefer to protect extra. Untouched major foothill forest, comparable to within the reserve, is uncommon in Colombia.
White-plumed Antbird
What different ideas are you able to give to birders involved in visiting your lodge?
Practically all is obtainable within the lodge. Don’t carry an excessive amount of with you, aside from important gear comparable to cameras, binoculars, sound recorders, and so forth…
Crucial factor is rubber boots that go as much as your knees. You should buy boots from dimension 36 to 42 (US 4 to 10) in Orito. Additional, we advocate umbrella, which is best than a rain cape. Don’t forget a hat or cap. Beneficial are T-shirts with lengthy and quick sleeves and lightweight (fast drying) lengthy trousers. Strolling in your rubber boots is less complicated with thick socks.
Positively carry torch/flashlight. That is particularly wanted for those who keep within the cabaña and must stroll after sundown. Carry alongside ample repellent. On scorching days, there are sometimes annoying however innocent sweat bees, particularly on the cover platforms. So, moreover, carry a mosquito hat. (Telescopic) climbing sticks are helpful for strolling up the principle path. We offer wood strolling sticks freed from cost.
Bushy-crested Antbird
Do you’ve actions for non-birders? If that’s the case, please describe.
There are many lengthy and quick walks across the lodge. It could embrace a climb into one of many towers. They usually can even keep in a single day there. Additionally, we’ve a swimming pool and a scorching tub. As well as, there are guided night time walks.
If any reader of 10,000 Birds is involved in staying at your lodge, how can they greatest contact you?
Finest is to contact me by way of my WhatsApp +57 305-390.88.76 (Jurgen Beckers)
Fulvous Shrike-tanager
