Ecuador Birds

[jnrose24]

an image from my many Ecuador shots, taken during 2 trips this year, and a link to my flickr site where you can view more than 200 of them. Please pardon the amateurish post processing and poor composition-but by and large the birds are pretty...
a cock of the rock that surprised us on the trail, is pictured below

my flickr link to the Ecuador bird set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joelnrosenthal/sets/72157602308322862/

[Shar824]

Good shot :) of a very strange looking bird. That's really a weird looking bird.


Sharon

[jnrose24]

That's the cock of the rock--happens to be the national bird of Peru and is found on the east and west sides of the Andes-birds on the east side are orange, on the west, red. They congregate in leks(the males do) and display for females who may or may not be present during these narcissistic exhibitions. This one just jumped in front of me unexpectedly on a hike into the highest waterfalls in Ecuador.

[MDoc]

Thats very pretty