Elevation of Papallacta, Ecuador

GRASS-GREEN TANAGER Chlorornis riefferii at Guango on the Upper East Slope of the Andes in Northern ECUADOR. Tanager Photo by Peter Wendelken.

RED-RUMPED BUSH-TYRANT Cnemarchus erythropygius on a Wire at the Papallacta Pass, ECUADOR. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

MOUNTAIN CACIQUE Building Nest Cacicus chrysonotus on the East Slope of the Andes in Northern Ecuador. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

BLUE-MANTLED THORNBILL Male (Hummingbird) Chalcostigma stanleyi on the Ground in the Páramo at the Papallacta Pass in Northern ECUADOR. Hummingbird Photo by Peter Wendelken.

BLUE-MANTLED THORNBILL Chalcostigma stanleyi Collecting Nest Material at the Papallacta Pass in Northern ECUADOR. Hummingbird Photo by Peter Wendelken.

HOODED MOUNTAIN-TANAGER Buthraupis montana near Papallacta on the East Slope of the Andes in ECUADOR. Mountain-Tanager Photo by Peter Wendelken.

SPECTACLED REDSTART Feeding. Myioborus melanocephalus near Papallacta on the Eastern Slopes of the Andes in Northern Ecuador. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

PALE-NAPED BRUSH-FINCH Atop Bush. Atlapetes pallidinucha near the Cayambe-Coca Reserve in Northern ECUADOR. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

WHITE-CHINNED THISTLETAIL Holding Caterpillar. Asthenes fuliginosa at the Papallacta Pass in Northern ECUADOR. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

STOUT-BILLED CINCLODES with WORM. Cinclodes excelsior at the Papallacta Pass in Ecuador. Photo by Peter Wendelken

INCA JAY Cyanocorax yncas near Papallacta on the Eastern Slope of the Andes in Ecuador. Jay Photo by Peter Wendelken.

Long-tailed Sylph in Ecuador

WHITE-BELLIED WOODSTAR Female (Hummingbird) Chaetocercus mulsant near Papallacta on the East Slope of the Andes in ECUADOR. Hummingbird Photo by Peter Wendelken.

PLAIN-CAPPED GROUND-TYRANT Muscisaxicola alpinus at the Papallacta Pass in Ecuador. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

WHITE-BELLIED WOODSTAR Female (Hummingbird) Chaetocercus mulsant Hovering at Guango on the East Slope of the Andes in ECUADOR. Hummingbird Photo by Peter Wendelken.

SLATY-BACKED CHAT-TYRANT Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris at Guango in Northern Ecuador. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

SLATY BRUSH-FINCH Atlapetes schistaceus at Guango on the East Slope of the Andes in Northern ECUADOR. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

CHESTNUT-WINGED CINCLODES Cinclodes albidiventris at the Papallacta Pass in Ecuador. Photo by Peter Wendelken

RED-RUMPED BUSH-TYRANT Cnemarchus erythropygius Early in the Morning at the Papallacta Pass, ECUADOR. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

BROWN-BELLIED SWALLOW Orochelidon murina Flying from Nest Hole at the Papallacta Pass, ECUADOR. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

SPECTACLED REDSTART Myioborus melanocephalus on the Eastern Slopes of the Andes near Papallacta in Northern Ecuador. Photo by Peter Wendelken.

ANDEAN GUAN Penelope montagnii near Papallacta in northern ECUADOR. Guan Photo by Peter Wendelken.

Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe

Vanellus resplendens

Phalcoboenus carunculatus

Hacienda Primavera to Quito Airport

Antisana Panorama - Cloud beginning to obscure the view of the summit

Hacienda Primavera to Quito Airport

Hacienda Primavera to Quito Airport

Hacienda Primavera to Quito Airport

Hacienda Primavera to Quito Airport

Hacienda Primavera to Quito Airport

Hacienda Primavera to Quito Airport

View back over one of the moraine ridge's

Hacienda Primavera to Quito Airport

Hacienda Primavera to Quito Airport

Hacienda Primavera to Quito Airport

Hacienda Primavera to Quito Airport

Archidona to the Equator

Hacienda Primavera

Parque Nacional Cayambe Coca

Termas de Papallacta

Papallacta lake painted by the colors of the sky

Papallacta lake and reflected sky

Laguna Parcacocha

Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera)

Equateur - 23ème et dernier jour

Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (9486)

Antisana

Rainforest