
SWALLOW TANAGER Male Tersina viridis Eating Orange Pico Pico Fruit in a Tree in Mindo in Northwestern ECUADOR. Tanager Photo by Peter Wendelken.

WHITE-NECKED JACOBIN Female (a hummingbird) Florisuga mellivora Hovering in Sleeping Hibiscus Bush in Mindo, ECUADOR. Hummingbird Photo by Peter Wendelken.

BABY POTOO - COMMON POTOO Nyctibius griseus Nestling and Parent near Mindo in Northwestern Ecuador. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

STRONG-BILLED WOODCREEPER Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus at Sachatamia Lodge above Mindo in Northwestern ECUADOR. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

BATHING BEAUTY: RUFOUS-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD Amazilia tzacatl Bathing in the Rain in Mindo, ECUADOR. Hummingbird Photo by Peter Wendelken.

OZOMENE ALTINOTE Actinote ozomene, a BUTTERFLY IN THE GRASS, Reserva Las Gralarias near Mindo, Ecuador. 2002 Photo by Peter Wendelken.

BLUE-CAPPED TANAGER Thraupis cyanocephala in the Tandayapa Valley of Northwestern ECUADOR. Tanager Photo by Peter Wendelken.

FLAMING RED: PALE-MANDIBLED ARAÇARI Pteroglossus erythropygius in Pico Pico Tree in Mindo, Ecuador.

PLATE-BILLED MOUNTAIN-TOUCAN Andigena laminirostris Perching on a Limb near the Tandayapa Pass, Ecuador. Toucan Photo by Peter Wendelken.

RED-BILLED PARROT Pionus sordidus Upside Down in a Guaba (Inga) Tree in Mindo in Northwestern ECUADOR. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

YELLOW-TAILED ORIOLE Icterus mesomelas Eating a Pico Pico Fruit in Mindo in Northwestern ECUADOR. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)

WHITE-THROATED QUAIL-DOVE Zentrygon frenata above Tandayapa in Northwestern ECUADOR. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

Golden-naped Tanager (Tangara ruficervix)

A MOTHER'S LOVE. LYRE-TAILED NIGHTJAR Uropsalis lyra MOTHER and FLEDGLING on Nest west of Mindo, ECUADOR. Nightjar Photo by Peter Wendelken.

RED-BILLED PARROT Pionus sordidus Vaulting into Vertical Flight in Mindo in Northwestern ECUADOR. Parrot Photo by Peter Wendelken.

Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula)

Tricolored Brush Finch (Atlapetes tricolor)

RUFOUS-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD Amazilia tzacatl Drinking Juice from a Pico Pico Fruit in Mindo in Northwestern ECUADOR. Hummingbird Photo by Peter Wendelken.

Ochre-breasted Antpitta (Grallaricula flavirostris)

Black-chinned Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus notabilis)

MR. BOOTS. BOOTED RACKET-TAIL Male (hummingbird) Ocreatus underwoodii in the Tandayapa Valley of ECUADOR. Hummingbird Photo by Peter Wendelken.

Bosque Nuboso

Forêt dense

Ochre-breasted Antpitta

Giant Fern aka Pteridophytes in Ecuador

Tarabita de Mindo

Mindo cloud forest

Mindo, Ecuador

Mindo, Ecuador

Mindo, Ecuador

Mindo I

Drymophila striaticeps - Streak-headed Antbird - Tiluchí Estriado Occidental - Hormiguerito Estriado occidental male 03

Grallaricula flavirostris - Ochre-breasted Antpitta - Ponchito Ocráceo - Tororoi Piquigualdo 04

Mindo, Ecuador

Mindo, Ecuador

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Mindo, Ecuador

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Mecocerculus poecilocercus - White-tailed Tyrannulet - Piojito Coliblanco - Tiranuelo Coliblanco 03

Sunset from Bellavista