Wednesday May 14, 2008 Quite a long day! We took a boat from Isabela to Santa Cruz, headed up to the airport and flew to Quito. From Quito, we boarded a bus and drove approximately 50 kilometers to BellaVista Lodge in the Mindo Cloud Forest. For those that are interested, our flight from Galapagos to Quito was on an Embraer E 190 jet, built in Brazil (sorry...I'm interested in ANYTHING that flies). Thursday May 15, 2008 We birded Bellavista. Species seen were: Turkey Vulture** Barred Hawk Sickle Winged Guan Red Billed Parrot White Capped Parrot Scaly Naped Amazon White Collared Swift Green Violetear Speckled Hummingbird Collared Inca Buff Tailed Coronet Gorgeted Sunangel Booted Racket Tail Purple Throated Woodstar Masked Trogon Toucan Barbet Plate Billed Mountain Toucan Azara's Spinetail Spillman's Tapaculo
(Thursday, May 15, 2008 continued) White Tailed Tyrannulet Cinnamon Flycatcher Golden Crowned Flycatcher Turquoise Jay Great Thrush Glossy Backed Thrush Blue and White Swallow Russet Crowned Warbler Masked Flowerpiecer White Sided Flowerpiecer Beryl Spangled Tanager Blue Winged Mountain Tanager Grass Green Tanager Dusky Bush Tanager White Winged Brush Finch Rufous Collared Sparrow Giant Cowbird
	A  masked trogon appears to the left.  Below,  Uli and Karen ponder the days activities.
	Above: Holly and Joyce enjoy the horses Left: a Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii). This is  one cool bird!
Above: a Collared Inca (coeligena torquata) in flight.	Above: a Turquoise Jay Left: a Cinnamon Flycatcher Below: our guide for the day, Gabriel.