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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ovenbird43" data-source="post: 2007711" data-attributes="member: 64478">Tapichalaca cont...The weather was mostly crappy while we were at Tapichalaca, but we did manage one hike together through the forest trails, plus more time at the porch watching the garden and feeders.  I kept hoping more mulled wine would materialize, but I guess that was a just for the first night.  Some of the birds we saw included Bearded Guan, Crimson-mantled Woodpecker, Hooded Mountain-Tanager, and Chestnut-naped Antpitta.  All too soon it was time to catch a bus back up to Loja, where we scrambled to do a little bit of laundry before catching our plane back to Quito.  The next morning, Tom and I said a tearful goodbye- this was the end of our honeymoon, and the start of my field season, in which I would spend two months at Tiputini.  So this almost brings me to the beginning of the thread, where I began with a description of birds I saw during my field work.  But first, I had a couple nights left before heading down to the Amazon, and no way was I going to spend it moping around... time for a little more Andean birding.  I returned to the hostel from the airport, put myself back together, and headed to the southern bus terminal of Quito.</blockquote>