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

BLUE-MANTLED THORNBILL Male Chalcostigma stanleyi Taking Off at the Papallacta Pass in Northern ECUADOR. Hummingbird 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.

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

A Rare MOUNTAIN AVOCETBILL (hummingbird) Opisthoprora euryptera Hovering at Flowers near Papallacta in ECUADOR. Hummingbird 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.

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

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

Hacienda Primavera to Quito Airport

Hacienda Primavera to Quito Airport

Hacienda Primavera to Quito Airport

Hacienda Primavera to Quito Airport

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

Female Masked Trogon in Ecuador

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

Laguna Muertopungo (Explored!)

Equateur - 23ème et dernier jour

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

Sleeps all night and he works all day

Equateur - 23ème et dernier jour

Equateur - 23ème et dernier jour

Equateur - 23ème et dernier jour

Equateur - 23ème et dernier jour

View of the Antisana volcano (18700 feet) and the Alexander Von Humboldt house, a magnificent place where the German explorer was the first person to name this region the "Avenue of volcanoes" - Andes mountains Ecuador. #ecuador #equateur #andes #volcanoe

Volcán Antisana 2015-06-11 (2)

Cotopaxi Volcano(5.897 msnm)

Laguna Parcacocha

Parque Nacional Cayambe Coca

Termas de Papallacta

Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera)

Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (9486)

Termas de Papallacta

Stream by Road between Quito and Lago Agrio Ecuador

Walking in the paramo, Antisana reserve - Ecuador. #tuesday #paramo #antisana #terrasenses #mountains #ecuador #equateur #instatravel #travel #hiking #trekking #andes #highlands #northface #adventure #discover #landrover #landscape #nature #sudamerica #fr

Volcan Antisana

Antisana desde el PN Cayambe-Coca