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Sunday February 14, 2021
Okay, I woke up probably at my usual time but it was so dark yet and I didn't want to wake anyone so I stayed put. Later, after 6am I spotted light so I got up and went outside into the delightfully cool morning breeze. It had rained overnight so I had to borrow a dry barstool to sit on.
I only had a bare tinge of a hangover, more billiousness than anything else, and the Colombian army had somehow marched through my mouth during the night with dirty boots on, but otherwise I felt great.
I set up the tripod for a very cloudy, hazy sunrise which I knew would not amount to much, way too much cloud and no gap at the horizon. I still took a few, just because I wasted almost 2 hours on it.
German had said to watch 2 or 3 trees on the edge of the property for birds in the morning so I did that next. I could not catch the bright blue, or green, Hummingbirds (way too fast) or the Turkey Buzzards who were circling way too high today. But I certainly did see some new varieties like the Scrub Tanager, Ladder-Backed Woodpecker, Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, and possibly a Black Swift (I had to look those up). Also got shots of Parrots, Blue-Grey Tanagers, Kiskadee, and a Roadside Hawk. I surely missed many others.
I do so love the temperature up there. I realized that I lied yesterday. The elevation there is closer to 600 metres higher than Andalucia, but still a long hike up.
I had a quick nap, then we had lunch and prepared to leave. We hiked up to the main road after German drove our car up the awful approach road. It was preferable that the car be light and he is accustomed to the required speed and corrections required to navigate the slippery slope. I certainly wouldn't want to have to do that every day and feel stranded whenever it rained. Luckily the overnight rain had time to wick away somewhat.
Thank you so much to Ana and German for giving us the experience of a night on the mountain. Unforgettable indeed.
And belated Happy Valentine's Day to everyone.
Blogger incredibly refused to upload the photos in order today, jumbling them around for no reason... Grrrrr I had to upload piecemeal, and the second batch came up backwards..... No big deal but Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.
Al
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Sunrise beginning across the Valle de Cauca 
Lovely mountains to our left 
Not many breaks in the heavy cloud 
Really struggling for light 
A very dark morning 
It is not getting much better 
Zoomed in a little
Different flower 
Southern Beardless Tyrannulet 
Scrub Tanager 
Parrot 
Scrub Tanager 
Parrot 
2 Parrots 
Scrub Tanager 
Possibly a Black Swift 
The fog overtakes us for a while 
Ladder-Backed Woodpecker 
Ladder-Backed Woodpecker 
Kiskadee 
Roadside Hawk 
Blue-Grey Tanagers
