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As we got closer to the island, more, and more details emerged. Including the fact that it had is very own cloud that stayed perpetually above it.
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Investment Interview[1]Edit
Explain what your venture does
We co-founded Nettoken with the mission to make personal cybersecurity less intimidating for the whole household. From seamless management of the hundreds of accounts and passwords that we each hold, to facilitating digital parenting, Nettoken can help millions of everyday internet users and their families to manage and protect their digital footprint.
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Nettoken benefits from the experience of specialists in various strategic fields on a - currently informal - advisory board. Kubi Mensah: Advisor as well as one of Nettoken's earliest investors, he was the CEO and co-founder of Sphere Secure (acquired by OneLogIn). Founding partner at Gattaca. Y-Combinator alumni. Kubi often takes part in the team's brainstorming sessions contributing with his deep technical background in cybersecurity. Pete Malcolm: Group CTO at EMIS Group plc. Founded, grown and sold multiple tech companies. Raised $100M, attracted world-class customer bases. Successful designer of globally deployed software solutions in Cloud Computing, Storage and Data Protection. Carlos Perez: More than 15 years experience working in the IT sector in the areas of infrastructure and security for multinational projects. Carlos' clients include Deloitte, PwC, Telefonica. He co-founded iHackLabs (UK), which he recently exited to Telefonica. As part of the Research & Development aimed to expand on Nettoken's capabilities and build digital parenting tools, we are setting up a scientific advisory board. This already includes three active members, whom we highly value their experience for their contribution to cybersecurity and technology research and ideation of projects with great social impact, many of which address children's security, education and wellbeing. Reid Derby: Innovation Lead for Cyber Central UK Reid is a mission driven innovator, engineer and technology leader with a long career in cybersecurity in the UK Government. Reid leads the development of the Cyber Central Innovation Ecosystem in Cheltenham Borough Council, as part of the Golden Valley Development Team. Reid has spent the majority of his career working in government, as an engineer, programme manager, and more recently as Head of Innovation. Over the last 10 years Reid has led significant innovation and entrepreneurial projects across the UK Government working closely with startups, global technology companies and academic partners, with a focus on big data, data science, open source software, cybersecurity and innovation methods. Reid has a BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, an MA in Biblical Studies from the University of Gloucestershire, and is currently completing an MSc in Software and Systems Security at the University of Oxford. Reid is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the IET and a member of the CIISec. Alberto Sanna: Advisor Director of Center for Advanced Technology in Health & Wellbeing, San Raffaele Hospital. He graduated in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Alberto is the Director of the Center for Advanced Technology in Health & Wellbeing and coordinates international projects in three main research programmes: SMARTer and SAFer HOSPITAL, SMARTer and HEALTHIer LIFE, and SMARTer and HEALTHIer CITY. He has been deeply involved in European Research Framework Programmes FP5, FP6, FP7 and currently active in 11 Horizon 2020. He has presented his research activities in 150+ top level international congresses and has been constantly active in academic teaching as the contract professor in Information Technology, Design and Medicine courses. He is author of edutainment videogames & formats, and avant-garde photographer investigating the role of visual arts in socio-technological ecosystems. His TEDx Talk on the topic of Engineering Awareness. Ashleigh Slingsby: Research Advisor Ashleigh is a London-based Communications Consultant working for the LSEs Latin America and Caribbean Centre (LACC) as their Communications and Engagement Officer. She also works as a Copy Editor for the LSE International Growth Centre (IGC). Her interest lies in evidence informed policy making for the realisation of inclusive and sustainable development.
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To date, we raised a total of £300,000 in funding from friends & family and angels, as well as institutions such as the Royal College of Art. We also received £60,000 in grant support and mentorship from the British National Cyber Security Centre (a part of GCHQ) and Wayra (Telefónica). Details on investors/rounds: Royal College of Art: £8,000 + free working space as a consequence of joining their InnovationRCA incubator with a patent fellowship. The RCA has also supported our initial patent expenses and offered free office space and mentorship through InnovationRCA incubator. Equity was pre-defined by the incubator contract / Cylon accelerator - £15,000 from their partners + Amadeus Capital Partners. Equity was pre-defined by the accelerator contract / 1 Angel investor: £10,000 (valuation: £350,000) / 1 Angel investor: £100,000 (valuation £630k pre-money) / 2 Angel investors: £20,000 (valuation: £980k pre-money) / 1 Angel Investor (follow-up from previous investment): £50,000 (valuation: 3m pre-money) / 1 Angel Investor: £70,00 (valuation: 3m pre- money) / 1 Angel investor : £30,000 (valuation: 3m pre-money). Funding allocation: R&D: we have been researching and prototyping various technologies before starting to build the existing software architecture of Nettoken. / IP expenses for UK and US patents. / User research and UI testing and surveys. / Beta version: the majority of the funding has been used to build an agile web app with military-grade encryption, mobile apps on iOS and Android, browser extensions. The latter is a key aspect for Nettoken's authentication and password management functionalities (currently compatible with Chrome, Brave, Edge). / Full time salaries to 1 back- end developer and 1 front-end developer. / Part-time salaries to co-founders. / Security assessments and penetration testings. / Digital marketing campaigns. / Making the company revenue generating (since October 2020) through the subscription available on the App Store. We currently have a runway until the Summer whilst we fundraise and increase revenue.
Explain the ownership structure of your company.
Co-founders Directors: 57.27% Co-founder: 5.78% Corporate: 5.33% Private Angels Investors: 21.62% Option Pool : 10%.
How many employees do you have?
- CEO (Co-founder)
- CTO (Co-founder)
- Back-end and iOS developer (Employee)
- Front-end developer (Employee).
Next key hires after funding: Marketing/Community manager and a UI/UX designer.
Please provide the name of a lawyer, who will represent you for the upcoming investment round.
Bird&Bird law firm.
How much money are you seeking to raise in the current round?
Do you have any existing commitments to the current round?
No committed leads as of yet. Applied in March 2021 for the ICO Grants Programme under the topics of 'Digital identity' and 'Data protection issues and solutions for vulnerable adults, groups at risk of inequality and children'. The proposal would fund research and development on digital parenting.
Explain why you are raising finance.
We are raising £250,000 to support 12 months of operations. Breakdown of funds allocation: 15% management 30% communications & marketing 40% product development 15% services, legal & subsistence. Key activities: Enhance product on-boarding - Increase exposure and drive adoption - Legal advice to review product's Terms & Conditions. Key hires: - Marketing manager - UI/UX designer Key milestones: - Release the sharing feature and create user network effect - Achieve 30,000 paying customers by end of 2021 - Research and develop digital parenting tools to provide the first password manager for parents and children when ICO Age Appropriate Design Code comes into full force (Sep 2021).
Please explain the history of your venture.
Nettoken's aim from day one has been to make cybersecurity less intimidating and more accessible for everyday internet users; to put them in control of their expanding digital identity and to not compromise convenience or security. By challenging existing access management solutions, we aim to build a tool for those who are not yet catered for from young to old. With that in mind, we wanted to build the identity management platform to allow a user find and organise all those accounts they signed up to, in a unique and intuitive visual dashboard. What's our story: Nettoken's journey began in 2015 as a team project at Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art whilst doing a master in Innovation Design Engineering (IDE). We were reflecting on the little control we have over our data. We spend most of our days surfing the web and subscribing to new services for all sorts of reasons, yet we lack a clear overview of our digital presence. What have we signed up to over the years, which services do we pay for, who has access to our data, have we been hacked? How do we start making sense of all this chaos? That's when we had the idea to build a control panel for our digital identity that would combine convenience with security, making personal cybersecurity less intimidating and more accessible to everyday internet users. Before the pandemic, an average internet user was already unknowingly signed-up to no less than 150 accounts under their name... after the advent of COVID-19, as our lives became even more digital because of the lockdowns, this number went up by no less than 51%, making it impossible to manage and exposes us even more to cybercrime. With Nettoken we want to make it easier for everyone to be in control! As a team, we view cybersecurity from a design and usability angle, whilst building security and privacy into every step of our product architecture. We are proud of being supported by the Royal College of Art and Innovation RCA, CyLon (Cyber London), the British National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Virgin Startup and Digital Catapult. As a business, we collaborated on two different projects with students from the Computer Science Faculty at Imperial College London and engaged in coaching sessions organised by the Enterprise Lab.
Please explain the longer term, future vision for the Company
Nettoken's mission will always be to put user-centred design at the chore of its research and development to make productive tools that are intuitive and delightful. Our future vision is to expand on Nettoken's existing capabilities to provide a tool that removes digital barriers and simplifies digital life, by being truly inclusive of anyone in the household. As the 'Children's Code' (or ICO Age Appropriate Design Code as it is formally known) comes into full force in September 2021, which increases the data protection and privacy standards for children and young people online, we envision Nettoken as the ideal interface and communication channel to establish a secure and convenient digital identity management link between parent and child through the development of a platform with an integrated parental interface. The interface will be designed to evolve with and adapt to the child, facilitating the removal of the parental interface when appropriate, leaving in place the lasting benefit of the password manager for the adult user. With Nettoken, we can enable the realization of the code and facilitate digital parenting by contributing to create a secure and convenient digital identity solution for the whole family. To reach scale, we plan to establish strategic partnerships in order to tap into bigger consumer provider user bases and establish ourselves as the first identity management tool for everyday internet users.
Explain the core technologies and/or service propositions of your venture.
Nettoken is a password manager fit for the family which provides a control panel for your digital identity. Full functionality syncs over three different applications including the phone, web and browser extension. The phone application acts as a dedicated key for the user to access their accounts on-the-go from the phone, as well as conveniently log into the web application just by scanning a QR code. Nettoken is 2FA (2 factors of authentication) by default without the need for another password. This makes Nettoken more secure than other password managers which require a master password, while even more convenient! Currently, the iOS phone app has additional functionality compared to the Android application. The web application allows a user to find accounts that they have signed up to and store credentials for each account in a visual dashboard to take control and get organised. The web app is available on any computer at nettoken.io In addition to this, the browser extension works in conjunction with the web app to conveniently autofill credentials into login pages to facilitate easy sign in of accounts. It also adds new accounts from the browser to your Nettoken dashboard to keep it up to date. The Nettoken browser extension is currently compatible with Chrome, Brave and Edge.
Does your commercial strategy rely on intellectual property assets?
Nettoken was granted UK and US patents on a new method of contactless authentication (using NFC technology) and access management system. The patent references the digital platform that is currently Nettoken's web app. Whilst our efforts have been mainly directed to the development of the software part of the original project, the patent also describes the design and encryption of a hardware device (the 'Token') which could become a method of master-authentication for Nettoken. Alternatively, it could be licensed separately for specific applications (e.g. military, premium products) and generate a separate revenue stream. The inventors (Nettoken's founders) have re- assigned the IP to the company so it is an asset of the business. Documents related to the patents are attached in the data room.
What commercial progress have you made?
Nettoken is currently available on the App Store for at a subscription cost of £.1.99/month after a 1 month free trial. The Android app is also in development and available on GooglePlay. Current user base: 1100 users Validation/Revenue: the paid subscription was recently released in the App Store, so the metrics are still building up! However, these are the results from our initial digital ad campaigns: 25% signup rate from the first Facebook ad, 14% signup rate from Instagram ads, 8.9% current paid conversion rate on App Store. With the release of the 'sharing' feature in Q3 2021 we can conservatively estimate our user base to grow by 50% month to month due to the user network effect. Partnership pilot: We are continuing conversations with Telefonica and their cybersecurity branch ElevenPaths, after the initial pilot we did last year, which involved an initial tester group of Telefonica employees. We are now exploring how fit in their household solutions and data bundles, which would also go greatly with our next product scope on 'digital parenting'. We will be running a workshop on this at their Cyber Academy in May.
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I think one's memories and how one thinks about the past has a lot to do with one's present mindset. For instance, good and pleasant memories can have a positive impact on one's current state as one reflects on those good memories, and, on the other hand, bad memories can have a negative effect. I've discovered this as I've gone through both good and bad times and reflected on both. Pleasant memories are ever so rewarding as they can instantly put you in a good mood and inspire you to have similar good times in the future. However, bad memories of sad times are so difficult to get past and can certainly leave you in a rut if you cannot get past them. Lately, I have been reflecting a lot on good memories, and not even on purpose to put me in a good mood, but they just come to me…which is another thing altogether – isn't it interesting that sometimes certain memories just come to us for no apparent reason? But on further reflection we realize that there is something happening in our present that has subconsciously reminded us of that past memory, and then the two, past and present, become connected.
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The implication of the connection between memories and our present state0
Memories – what really is their significance beyond simply being memories? When they go beyond only being memories and take hold of our present, when their reality should stay in the past and only linger in the present as memories…but perhaps sometimes we just don't have the will power to keep them in the past.
Does it ever scare you that your best times in life may be in the past and that you may never experience life as fully or happily as you did at one time? What if the best is already past and not yet to come? This is a scary thought that sometimes hovers over me as I struggle to expel it because I know full well that the past is past and cannot be brought back.
What about how memories relate to the present? I mean, personally, I think we tend to think of the past and relish in memories in a way that immortalizes them and makes them seem better than the events actually were. When I think of certain memories, I associate a distinct feeling with them, and I would do anything to experience that feeling again in the present. But maybe I did not experience the feeling in that moment in the past, but am experiencing it more vividly now in this present moment as I look back on it. Therefore, the memory in the present is almost better than the memory in the past. So perhaps I should not lament the memories and wish they return, but rather relish in the present and enjoy the recollection the memories. Also, in this way, our memory of the past is a false one if it does not accurately represent how we felt in that moment in the past, but rather represents how we are experiencing the memory of the past in the present…


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- Subject (or subjects).
- Setting.
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- Appropriate dependent variable to be targeted from the graph with operational definition.
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We always love to hear what you are up to, so please drop us a line and give us an update. If you haven't already, join the WSP alumni group on Facebook. Follow us on any of our social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram), and don't forget our mailing list: text NJWALDORF to 22828 to join!
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Our doors are always open, but there are a few times each year when we'd especially like to see you!
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Moore, William. New 5th edition for 2019. If you are a beginner, Home Beermaking is highly recommended. On malt extract brewing exclusively, Home Beermaking includes information on basic brewing theory as well as detailed, step-by-step brewing instructions. A chapter on recipe formulation, and basic brewing refinements is included when you want to go beyond the included recipes.
Twolve recipes, for everything from IPA to Black Cherry Ale, are included. New recipes for 2019 include Hazy IPA. This book keeps it simple, with a focus on basic brewing knowledge and making a great batch the first time. Highly recommended for the beginner. 71 pages.
Home Beermaking
This is a clear, concise introduction to home brewing. Maybe one could write a longer tome on the subject but it would just get complicated. If you read this, you will have good basic knowledge to use your home brewing kit and knock out a good product. Anything else you need to know, you'll learn in the process. Also, it's well indexed so you can look things up easily. Only criticism is that his basic recipes have ingredients that are not readily available at the most common suppliers. This could maybe be upgraded.
Great Book for Beginners!
This is a great book for beginners and will guide the first timer to successfully making a high quality beer right out of the gate. Highly recommended if you are just starting out.
good book for those starting out in homebrewing
Pros: this is a good read for someone who wants to get the lingo of homebrewing down and learn a bit about the history/process of brewing. It does a good job describing the different types of beer and how they are brewed.
Very good information
Pros: This book explains how the Beer is started and finished very well. Even to a intermediate brewer, I still refer back to it for information.
Cons: None
Excellent for the novice homebrewer
Pros: Perfect book for the beginner. Enough detail and information to get you started. Not too long, not too short, not too wordy. Perfect.
Cons: Needs more pictures.
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Q: Does this edition still include all of contents found in the 1992 3rd Edition?
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It's thought-provoking and inspiring, emotional and raw, connecting us all through the power of the written word. In celebration of National Poetry Month, Hope at Hand presents the 4th Annual Jax Poetry Fest with free community workshops and presentations by a collection of local poets, writers and spoken-word artists in . Jax Poetry Fest is an annual event produced by the North Florida nonprofit every April during National Poetry Month to inspire community-based poetry projects and engage the community. The inaugural Poetry Fest was held in 2016. Now in its fourth year, the festival has grown in terms of both …Read More »
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Credit / Michael Bradley
The Stars have swept to an impressive 67-53 win over the Magic in Hamilton on Saturday, according to a Netball NZ match report.
After an even first half, the Stars exploded into life in the second half to post their highest ever ANZ premiership score.
Leading by two at halftime, the Magic were guilty of a drop in standards which opened the door for the visitors.
The Stars made better use of their turnover opportunities, gaining confidence as the game went on. With another game on Sunday, they had the luxury of resting key figures and clearing their bench as they swept aside the Magic.
Affected by illness, both teams were missing front line players, resulting in some reshuffling. The Magic welcomed back key shooter Ameliaranne Ekenasio to the starting line-up in partnership with goal attack Bailey Mes. In the absence of Oceane Maihi, Georgia Tong got the start at goal defence.
The Stars were hit at the defensive end with the experienced Anna Harrison and Kayla Johnson missing, prompting Storm Purvis to come to the rescue of her former team while turning out in her 100th national league match in the process.
Congratulations to Storm Purvis who took to the court for @starsnetballnz today in her 100th national league match 🙌 pic.twitter.com/fswelLj75I— ANZ Premiership (@ANZPremiership) May 14, 2022
There was some settling time needed before both teams got into their groove. Both goal shoots were prominent figures, with Ekenasio and her opposite Maia Wilson potting all balls that came their way. A late burst nudged the Magic to a 15-12 lead at the first break.
With both teams lifting their tempo on the resumption, an entertaining contest was in the making.
The combination of Ekenasio and Mes gathered in momentum with the pair's finishing immaculate under the hoop. That was replicated by their opponents, wing attack Gina Crampton being the provider in setting up the attack while shooter Wilson provided a masterclass with her movement and accuracy.
Defensively, Tong was tireless for the Magic while Stars wing defence Holly Fowler was an energetic presence with her through-court drives and tight defence.
Wilson converted 19 from 19 as the Stars trimmed the Magic's lead to 31-29 at the main break.
It took the Stars just two minutes to level the scores at the start of the third quarter and from there the visitors produced a telling few minutes which changed the nature of the game. Feeding off Magic turnovers, the Stars went on the rampage, with a nine-goal unanswered run bursting the home side's bubble.
With control of the game in their hands, the Stars looked to hammer home the advantage, goal attack Jamie Hume sinking a clutch of long-range bombs while doing her bit on defence as well.
Crampton continued to conduct the Stars attacking momentum while Wilson revelled in an impressive showing.
The Stars had all the momentum taking a handy 47-40 lead into the last quarter, outscoring their opponents two goals to one while restricting the Magic to just nine goals.


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February 28 - March 10, 1998
Allen Chartier
|Trip Log
Day 1 Day 7
Day 2 Day 8
Day 3 Day 9
Day 4 Day 10
Day 5 Day 11
Day 6
Species Accounts
After more than a year of planning, and a "scouting" trip in December 1997, the entire itinerary for this trip had to be reconfigured! We had planned to go to Kapawi Lodge, but getting to and from the Lodge was too unpredictable to include with any additional days on an itinerary. The lodge was very nice, and comfortable, and there was a lot of good pristine rainforest all around, with lots of microhabitats easily accessible. Anyone doing this area should allow a couple extra days for departure delays. The Andean portion of the trip had to be reconfigured also, as we weren't going to be in Macas after the Amazon, so Allen lined up day trips from Quito to Andean areas visited on a trip in 1991.
Somewhat by default, Neblina Forest handled the arrangements, through Ken Cruce at Clockwork Travel. It was great that both could accommodate the last minute rearrangement of the itinerary. The only difficulty we encountered was with the process for meals at the Hotel Quito (where Allen had stayed in 1991, and was very happy). This was entirely due to Neblina Forest not making adequate arrangements (vouchers were the obvious way to handle the situation, but for some unknown reason Neblina did not provide them). We were stuck with a single-dish menu that Neblina had apparently picked out, which was terrible. The one time we accidentally were allowed to eat off the menu, the food was good (as Allen remembered it was). All in all, Allen got a lot of practice with his meager Spanish, trying to organize something that should have been handled quite easily with vouchers.
Logistically (though far from a complex itinerary), and ornithologically, it was a pretty good trip. El Nino had apparently made several common birds difficult (or impossible) to find in the Andes and the Amazon, but this was compensated for by the excellent views of many colorful species, and a few real rarities thrown in for spice.
|Day 1, Saturday, February 28, 1998
|We arrived at the airport at 10 a.m. and met Ellie and
Terry. Sue and John arrived soon after. Due to a misunderstanding about
the airline re-ticketing our rescheduled flights, Terry hadn't brought
her ticket with her. Luckily, the airline let her repurchase tickets for
the same price, based on our tickets for reference, with Terry having to
file a lost ticket claim and return the unused ticket to the airport
when she returned.
Our flight departed for Newark on time, but of course we had to circle the airport a couple of times before landing, so we arrived at the gate for our flight to Quito (through Bogota) just as they were beginning to board. Jennifer and Betsy were at the gate waiting to board when we ran, breathless, up to the gate. There were 45 Colombian school children (age 10-11) on our flight who were returning to Bogota after spending time on a school trip where they stayed with families in Norfolk, Virginia to learn about U.S. culture. They all seemed to speak English well, including the slang, and apparently they begin learning in school at age five.
We had to get off the plane for 40 minutes in Bogota, then we reboarded and headed to Quito, with a much emptier (and quieter) airplane. We arrived on time in Quito, and were met by Xavier and Mercedes of Neblina Forest, and were driven to the Hotel Quito. Everyone got settled in around midnight, ready for an early morning tomorrow!
|Day 2, Sunday, March 1, 1998
|We were up at around 3:30 a.m. to meet our driver in the
lobby at 4:30 a.m. after checking out of the hotel. We had asked for an
English-speaking driver, as Allen knew the area of Bellavista well, and
the birds, but we got a Spanish-speaking driver plus Xavier, so the van
was a bit crowded.
We drove to Tandayapa, but we were told the road from there to Bellavista (great for birding) was impassible even though it was fine in December. We ended up having to go to Nanegalito and take the long way around. Needless to say, Allen's carefully planned birding day had to be completely reconfigured. We were unable to get to trail A early enough to try for Giant Antpitta.
We birded this 12 km road with several stops. Our first bird (after the Band-winged Nightjar the van flushed) was a pair of Crested Quetzals in the scope at close range! A definite highlight was the group mostly seeing the Tanager Finch! We went to Bellavista Lodge to eat our boxed lunch and riveted ourselves to the hummingbird feeders, with excellent looks at several species. Afternoon rain continuing into the evening forced us to remain on the balcony the rest of the day, and cancelled our outing for owls and nightjars. It was a breezy evening in a cozy setting at Bellavista, a little like sleeping in a treehouse!
|Day 3, Monday, March 2, 1998
|We were on the road with our luggage at 6:30 a.m. after a
after breakfast at Bellavista. At least two or three Gray Potoos called
outside while we ate breakfast. We birded the road to Nanegalito again,
finally leaving at 7:30 a.m. We started the day with quetzals again,
Golden-headed this time. The Plate-billed Mountain-Toucans and Toucan
Barbets weren't cooperative again today, but we heard Dark-backed
Wood-Quail close to the road, and had a last-minute brief look at a
Golden-crowned Flycatcher.
Along the new Nono-Mindo road we got a flat tire, which made us late, so we couldn't stop at the Equatorial Monument as planned. We did do a little birding while they changed the tire, and they also retrieved the cooler that had just blown off the roof as the tire went flat! Luckily, our lunch wasn't in the cooler. We got checked in at the Quito airport at 10:30 a.m. (1/2 hour late), and departed around 11:30 (also 1/2 hour late). We arrived in Coca about an hour later (there are walls on the airport terminal now, unlike in 1991), and we got onto our motorized dugout canoe after a restroom stop in a local hotel. We were with a group of about a dozen other tourists (non-birders) that were also going to Sacha Lodge.
Since it was the heat of the day, there weren't many birds visible along the Napo River, but we did see a few, including good views of the Sand-colored Nighthawks on the oil pipeline. We arrived at Sacha on a sandy beach, then walked a short distance to a boardwalk, which was fairly long (about 1/2 mile), and very slippery. We then all boarded a non-motorized dugout canoe to cross a lake, then another short walk to our rooms from there. We didn't have much time for birding before dinner, so a few of us went to the boat dock to watch the sunset and saw a few Boat-billed herons leaving their roost in the dim light.
|Day 4, Tuesday, March 3, 1998
|We had breakfast at 5:30 a.m., then paddled up the
Orchidea canoe trail, a quiet blackwater creek, which led to the canopy
tower. We spent the entire morning on the tower, which gave us
opportunities to see many species at eye-level, many in the scope
including: Lettered Aracari, Golden-collared Toucanet, Amazonian
Umbrellabird, Purple-throated Fruitcrow, Ruddy Pigeon, White-necked
Puffbird, Pied Puffbird, Swallow-winged Puffbird, Yellow-tufted
Woodpecker, Lineated Woodpecker, Black-spotted Barbet, Pink-throated
Becard, Spangled Cotinga, Lawrence's Thrush, Purple Honeycreeper, Opal-rumped
Tanager, and Russet-backed Oropendola. The three hours went way too
fast. We then walked a trail back to the lodge, finding a few other good
birds including Blue-crowned Manakin and Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin in the
scope. Our guide, Oscar, was excellent at finding and getting us on the
birds, even though his English was limited. Our boatman, Washington (Washo)
was also good at spotting birds and mammals, although he didn't speak
any English or know the names of the birds he was finding. Both were
Quechua, and were very adept at spotting wildlife.
After lunch at the lodge, we canoed across the lake, and walked the boardwalk (with a Great Potoo on a day roost a nice surprise), almost back to the beach, where we took another trail along the river. We saw several good birds along this trail, including large numbers of caciques and oropendolas coming to roost in riverside vegetation, and scope views of "dancing" Gray-necked Wood-Rails on an open mudflat, and a pair of well-hidden Tropical Screech-Owls. On our return along the slippery boardwalk, it got dark and we had good views of Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl.
|Day 5, Wednesday, March 4, 1998
|We were up extra early in order to make our way to the
Napo River and get aboard a motorized dugout to take us to the parrot
mineral lick (also called a salado). It was wonderful to see numbers of
parrots on the mud banks eating the clay in order to supplement their
diets with minerals. It was also sobering to realize that this was the
only place we saw some of these species, and the largest numbers of most
species of parrot. There were far more parrots, and especially macaws,
along the Napo River in 1991. Andrew, one of our hosts at Sacha, said
that a few parrots had been found trapped on one of the salados right by
the Yasuni National Park headquarters (on the south side of the Napo
River), and they felt the park ranger was implicated somehow.
We then motored on to a river island to find the species that specialize in that habitat. We walked around in scrub and palmetto for a while, finding a number of these specialists. As we were about to leave the island around 10:00 a.m., it started to rain and we all just barely got our raincoats on and umbrellas up as we boarded the motorized dugout. The rain was torrential and we pulled in along the bank of the Napo River and took shelter in a small settlement. We were all drenched anyway. Around 11:30 we decided we needed to go in order to get back to the lodge for lunch. It turned out that the settlement was at the end of the river trail that we had walked yesterday afternoon, and we soon came to the boardwalk, which was slippery as ever in the continuing rain.
The rain stopped at around 1:00, and some of us checked out the butterfly house during our siesta time. Sacha Lodge runs a breeding operation for tropical butterflies that supplies free-flight butterfly displays at zoos throughout the world. There were many spectacular species flying around us, and we'll all remember those brilliant silver and gold chrysalyses.
At about 3:00 we went via canoe down the Orchidea blackwater river again, this time obtaining excellent views of multiple Orange-crested Manakins, a species endemic to Ecuador and restricted to Varzea forest along just a small area of the Napo River. We got to spend the afternoon on the canopy tower. Talk about having our cake and eating it too! Additional gems we found, and scoped, this time included: Plum-throated Cotinga, Red-throated Caracara, White-fronted Nunbird, Greater Yellow-headed Vulture, and many others. We canoed back to the lodge, then went owling behind the cabins before dinner. We had a very responsive Crested Owl, which had been calling the night before. We didn't get the Spectacled Owl to respond (although it had been calling last night), and got no response to the tape of Black-banded Owl.
|Day 6, Thursday, March 5, 1998
|We got to sleep in until 5:00 a.m. this morning as we
weren't going to take any dugout canoes all day today (certain parts of
Allen's anatomy were very grateful). We walked the Lago Logarto trail
into terra firme forest all morning. We really worked hard to find some
skulkers, although antbirds were almost absent for some unknown reason.
We eventually had good looks at Rusty-belted Tapaculo, Thrush-like
Antpitta, Striated Antthrush, and Scaled Antbird.
After lunch, we walked a different part of the Lago Logarto trail, again in terra firme forest. Here we encountered a small canopy flock among which there was a Chestnut-winged Hookbill, one of the few furnariids we encountered at Sacha. Again, before dinner we went out owling. This time, we took a different trail perhaps 1/2 mile or so into terra firme forest. Here we had good views of a Spectacled Owl that seemed reluctant to respond at first. On our walk back to the cabins, we heard other nightbirds calling as well, including: Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl, Crested Owl, Black-banded Owl, Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Great Potoo, and Gray Potoo. Quite an impressive night bird list.
After dinner we all spent time repacking for our departure tomorrow morning.
|Day 7, Friday, March 6, 1998
|We were up at 5:00 a.m. and in a dugout canoe right after
breakfast. We wanted to be on the boardwalk before the other tourists
got there so we could do a little last-minute birding. We walked the
boardwalk from 6:30 to 7:30, finding a few new birds along the beach,
including Blue-winged Parrotlet and Chestnut-capped Puffbird.
We boarded our motorized dugout for the 2-1/2 hour trip back to Coca. When we got there, we found out that our flight was delayed considerably because of the heavy rain in the morning. We ended up killing at least an hour in the hotel in Coca before we finally boarded the bus to go to the airport.
We were met in Quito by our guide Giovanni, and our drivers Xavier and Luis. Luis had been a driver on a previous trip to southern Ecuador in November 1996. We had to take 4-wheel drive jeeps because of the condition of the road at our destination for the afternoon, Yanacocha. The altitude here is 11,000', and we all had difficulty adjusting. We probably should have spent the afternoon around the Hotel Quito acclimatizing, as we didn't find too many birds up there in the fog, although a Curve-billed Tinamou running across the road as we drove back down was a prize! We had dinner at the Hotel Quito, although Allen really had to work on his Spanish to get the waiter to understand how to bill the group. We all ordered off the menu and the food was pretty good.
|Day 8, Saturday, March 7, 1998
|We met Giovanni and Xavier in the hotel lobby at 5:00 a.m.
and headed for the Papallacta Road. We had breakfast on the way in the
van. Our first stop was about an hour away. It was a punishing, cold,
rainy, windy walk (and climb) up a rocky trail at a radio tower where we
hoped to find Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe (13,800' elevation). All we found
was a very difficult to see (in the fog) Blue-mantled Thornbill looking
like it was running along the ground feeding on tiny flowers. At the
higher areas of the road, we stopped and walked around in the fairlyland
vegetation of the paramo, finding a few interesting birds including
Plumbeous Sierra-Finch, Andean Tit-Spinetail, and views of a Tawny
Antpitta. Overhead we saw Puna Hawks and Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle.
We stopped in the town of Papallacta to look for Sword-billed Hummingbird (without success). We drove down to Papallacta Lake where we saw Yellow-billed Pintail and Andean Teal. In a shrubby area on the way we found Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanaager and the very localized Black-backed Bush-Tanager.
We had lunch a short distance down the road, and explored a little after we ate. There was one patch at a very steep dead-end road (where the van couldn't go down, so we had to walk back up) that had lots of birds, including many Spectacled Redstarts, as well as a nicely scoped Sword-billed Hummingbird. Farther down the road, we stopped at a spot recommended by Martin Reid for Dusky Piha and many other interesting birds. A large patch of barren ground greeted us as there apparently had been a landslide here. Needless to say, the piha wasn't to be found, nor much else for that matter. It was raining lightly and all we found was a very well-camouflaged Emerald Toucanet that responded to the tape.
|Day 9, Sunday, March 8, 1998
|Again, we met our driver and guide in the hotel lobby at
5:00 a.m. Our destination today was the old Chiriboga Road and,
hopefully, an afternoon of birding at Tinalandia. We had pretty good
luck on the upper part of the road, with good views of some species
including Plush-capped Finch, Black-chested Mountain-Tanager,
Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager, Mountain Velvetbreast, Viridian
Metaltail, Blue-and-black Tanager, and Red-crested Cotinga. One of the
commonest montane tanager species, Hooded Mountain-Tanager, was
strangely absent.
After lunch along the road it started raining and we didn't see too much along the lower part as it was very slow going with the road being quite washed out in spots. It took us so long, in fact, that we didn't have time to go to Tinalandia. El Nino was really taking a heavy toll on the west slope of the Andes. We ended up doing a little birding between the raindrops before we got to the end of the road. We found Maroon-tailed Parakeets, Pale-mandibled Aracari, Red-headed Barbet, Bright-rumped, and Fawn-breasted Tanager at one productive spot.
We got to the Rio Toachi bridge near the turnoff for Tinalandia after 5:00 p.m. We birded at the bridge for a while, finding Torrent Duck and White-capped Dipper along the river, and having brief views of Andean Cock-of-the-rock flying under the bridge. We then headed back up the road about 1 km to a rock face where we tried, with spectacular success, to see the surreal Lyre-tailed Nightjar.
We got back to the Hotel Quito via the new road at about 10 p.m. only to find that the elevators weren't working, and to be told that we couldn't get our dinner. After considerable negotiations, most people got their dinners (awful fish) around midnight.
|Day 10, Monday, March 9, 1998
|As preparation for our high altitude birding today, we had
to walk down the stairs to the lobby to meet our driver and guide at
5:30 a.m. We had breakfast in the van on our way to Cotopaxi National
Park. After birding around the restrooms there for a few minutes, we
drove out into the high paramo. One of the highlights was our walk
around Lago Limpiopungo where we found Andean Coot, Andean Gull, Andean
Lapwing, and Andean Snipe. Overhead there was, appropriately, a
spectacular Andean Condor. We had excellent views of Bar-winged and
Stout-billed Cinclodes and Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant. Incredibly, we
saw another Curve-billed Tinamou running across the road in front of us,
and another was scoped as it sat in plain view on the paramo under a
small shrub.
We returned to Quito fairly early. Early enough, in fact, to make a last ditch effort to find a Giant Hummingbird. Giovanni suggested we go to Metropolitan Park. We didn't succeed with the hummingbird, but we did get good views of Band-tailed Seedeater and other common species like Eared Dove and a beautiful Vermilion Flycatcher.
Upon returning to the Hotel Quito, the die-hards birded the grounds before dinner, adding one last bird to the Ecuador trip list, a Green-tailed Trainbearer.
After dinner (a reasonable chicken breast dinner this time), we all settled our bills at the front desk, then retired to our rooms to pack for tomorrow's departure.
|Day 11, Monday, March 10, 1998
|We were up early for check-out and transfer to the Quito airport. Everything went smoothly. We had a short layover in Bogota, Colombia again where we added two new birds to the trip list (Purple Martin and Eastern Meadowlark). After sitting on the runway for about an hour, we took off for Newark, arriving at 4:00 p.m. Our flight from Newark to Detroit took off almost an hour late, arriving at almost 9:00 p.m. It was now only 20 degrees in Detroit and the wind chill was 2 degrees! What a shock. Welcome home.