MINDO LINDO, MINDO DE MI CORAZÓN
- Julie Harper
- Jan 15, 2023
- 5 min read
Updated: Jun 26
By Julie Harper
There is nothing quite like piling into a minibus with a dozen or so buddies and striking out on a seven hour road trip. We had been planning this journey to Mindo, Ecuador for some time but had no idea that the date we chose happened to coincide with the official annual bird count, when all of the birders and professional wildlife photographers converge in this lovely piece of paradise nestled in this spectacular rain cloud jungle. This is the migratory season, and they were expecting some beautifully feathered and rare visitors, including the great horned owl which happened to arrive at the Mindo River the same day we did. This owl comes to the river for just one day before going deep into the “selva.” How lucky were we to see it?
