Tiny Visitors to GVI Amazon Base Camp
People work on computers in offices all over the world. Luckily, my office is currently in the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador. The staff cabin, where GVI Amazon completes all of their computer work is surrounded by flowering plants which are visited by a variety of insects and humming birds. A regular visitor is the Reddish Hermit, (Phaethornis ruber). It is one of the smallest humming bird species and is also one of the prettiest. It flies around from plant to plant flashing orange and green feeding on the flowers around base camp. The only problem with seeing the Reddish Hermit (Phaethornis ruber) and other birds and insects that visit the plants around base camp is that they are a bit of a distraction (albeit a good one!), but it makes it very difficult to keep focused on the work I need to get on with.
Phil Brown – GVI Amazon 6 month Conservation Intern, Oct 2010-Mar 2011
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