
BABY POTOO - COMMON POTOO Nyctibius griseus Nestling and Parent near Mindo in Northwestern Ecuador. 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.

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

TOUCAN BARBET Semnornis ramphastinus near Mindo in ECUADOR. Barbet Photo by Peter Wendelken.

BLUE-GRAY TANAGER Thraupis episcopus Eating Orange Fruit in a Tree in Mindo in Northwestern ECUADOR. Tanager Photo by Peter Wendelken.

WESTERN EMERALD Male (Hummingbird) Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus near Nanegalito in Northwestern ECUADOR. Hummingbird Photo by Peter Wendelken.

TAWNY-BELLIED HERMIT (Hummingbird) Phaethornis syrmatophorus Hovering near Nanegalito in Northwestern ECUADOR. Hummingbird Photo by Peter Wendelken.

RUFOUS MOTMOT Baryphthengus martii Perching near the Río Nambillo, in the Mindo Valley, in Northwestern ECUADOR. Motmot Photo by Peter Wendelken.

BERYL-SPANGLED TANAGER Tangara nigroviridis in the Mindo Valley of Northwestern ECUADOR. Tanager Photo by Peter Wendelken.

PURPLE-CROWNED FAIRY (hummingbird) FEMALE Heliothryx barroti Feeding at Red Flowers in Mindo in Northwestern ECUADOR. Hummingbird Photo by Peter Wendelken.

VELVET-PURPLE CORONET (hummingbird) MALE Boissonneaua jardini at Sachatamia near Mindo in Northwestern ECUADOR. Hummingbird Photo by Peter Wendelken.

PALE-MANDIBLED ARAÇARI Pteroglossus erythropygius in Mindo in Northwestern Ecuador. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

WHITE-NECKED JACOBIN (hummingbird) MALE Florisuga mellivora Perched in a Sunbeam in Mindo in Northwestern ECUADOR. Hummingbird Photo by Peter Wendelken.

TOUCAN BARBET Semnornis ramphastinus Perching on a Limb on a Mountaintop in the Mindo Valley in Northwestern ECUADOR. Barbet Photo by Peter Wendelken.

Metallic-green Tanager (Tangara labradorides)

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.

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.

Mindo cloud forest

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Ochre-breasted Antpitta

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Wild Rio Saloya in Mindo, Ecuador

Mindo, Ecuador

Mindo, Ecuador

Mindo, Ecuador

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

Mindo I

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Forêt dense

Mindo, Ecuador

Bosque Nuboso

Mindo, Ecuador

Mindo, Ecuador

Cloud Forrest

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Sunset from Bellavista