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Introduction - January 1, 2009
Greetings and happy New Year everyone!

In a few days I am heading down to Ecuador for a 5 month nature photography expedition. I will be travelling all around the country with one mission – to photograph as many of Ecuador’s amazing birds as possible.

My plan is to start off in the highlands in the northwest part of the country. I will then make my way south and visit some of the Jocotoco foundations reserves. Next I will spend some time in the eastern foothills before heading deep into the Amazon rainforest. Afterwards I will spend a few weeks on the coast and in the western lowlands. I will then head back into the Andes to visit a few more reserves in the highlands before returning to Canada.

Every chance I get I will post images and updates to my travel journal here.

You can also find video blog postings, a larger gallery, and my travel journal on my website – www.glennbartley.com

I look forward to sharing this experience and the photographs that I create with you all.

Week 1: Quito, Tandayapa Bird Lodge - January 6 – 12, 2009

Week 2: More Tandayapa Bird Lodge - January 15 – 21, 2009

Week 3-4: Yanacocha, Quito, Paz de las Aves, Scouting mission of NW Ecuador and more Tandayapa Bird Lodge - January 22 – February 7, 2009

Week 5-6: Mindo Cloudforest Foundation’s Milpe Reserve – February 8 – 21, 2009

Week 7: Quito, The Papallacta Pass, Guango Lodge, Antisana and Otavalo – February 22 –March 3, 2009

Week 8: Cuenca – March 3 - 12, 2009

Week 9-10: The South - Buenaventura, Jorupe, Utuana, Tapichalaca and Copalinga... – March 13 – April 3