Elevation of Checa, Ecuador

GOLDEN GROSBEAK Male Pheucticus chrysogaster in a Treetop at the Bosque Protector Jerusalem in Northern ECUADOR. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

GOLDEN GROSBEAK Male Pheucticus chrysogaster in an Agave at the Bosque Protector Jerusalem in Northern ECUADOR. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

AZARA'S SPINETAIL Synallaxis azarae at the Bosque Protector Jerusalem in Northern ECUADOR. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

RUFOUS-COLLARED SPARROW Zonotrichia capensis on Spanish Moss at the Bosque Protector Jerusalem in Northern ECUADOR. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

PURPLE-COLLARED WOODSTAR Myrtis fanny Feeding at Opuntia Cactus Flower in Northern ECUADOR. Hummingbird Photo by Peter Wendelken.

PURPLE-COLLARED WOODSTAR Myrtis fanny Feeding at Agave Flowers in Northern ECUADOR. Hummingbird Photo by Peter Wendelken.

TROPICAL MOCKINGBIRD Mimus gilvus Gathering Nest Material at the Bosque Protector Jerusalem in Northern ECUADOR. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

Cotopaxi erupting

SAFFRON FINCH Sicalis flaveola in Puembo, Ecuador. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

Calderón, Ecuador

Scrub Tanager (Tangara vitriolina)

3 HARRIS'S HAWKS Parabuteo unicinctus in an Agave at the Bosque Protector Jerusalem in Northern ECUADOR. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

TROPICAL MOCKINGBIRD Mimus gilvus at the Bosque Protector Jerusalem in Northern ECUADOR. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

VERMILION FLYCATCHER Male Pyrocephalus rubinus at Bosque Protector Jerusalem in Northern Ecuador. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

RUSTY FLOWERPIERCER MALE Diglossa sittoides Perched on a Blue Flower in Puembo, east of Quito, ECUADOR. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

SPARKLING VIOLETEAR at Agave Flowers. Colibri coruscans at the Bosque Protector Jerusalem in Northern ECUADOR. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

STREAKED SALTATOR Saltator striatipectus Eating Fruit at the Bosque Protector Jerusalem in Northern ECUADOR. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

Wednesday started with an awesome view of Cotopaxi. It was bittersweet as it was Suzanne and Harrison's last day here. Juan and I immediately got to work. Mixing concrete and sand/dirt and then loading it up in the wheelbarrow to take up to the second flo

Calderón, Ecuador

I literally will never tire of this view. Ever.

Calderón, Ecuador

Cotopaxi sunrise, avenue of volcanoes

Quito, between volcanoes and clouds

Cotopaxi via Papallacta (don´t honk)

Ruco Pichincha

F-GLZP

HK-4637

PH-CKA

PH-BVI

FAE-1032

EC-NBU

LX-JCV

AN-235

HC-CGT

HK-4636

EC-IZY

CC-CYJ

PR-ABB

EC-GUQ

HP-1531CMP

HC-CLF