Below are images compiled in one of the many photo galleries illustrating our blog, Musings From Paradise. Click on any photo and then sweep through the collection (or use your keyboard’s arrow keys). More Albums
This gallery comprises an overview of our 21 days in Ecuador. A journal entry expanding on this leg of the journey may be viewed at viani.us/2025/03/ecuador-b/

Shining Sunbeam

Giant Hummingbird

Giant Hummingbird

Cinereous Conebill

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Band-winged Nightjar

Andean Condor

Plain-colored Seedeater

Many-striped Canastero

Stout-billed Cinclodes

Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant

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Andean Gull

Antisana Volcano

Antisana Volcano

Carunculated Caracara

Carunculated Caracara

Antisana Volcano

Antisana Volcano

Antisana Volcano

Antisana Volcano

Antisana Volcano

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Black Flowerpiercer

The REAL Equator

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White-chinned Thistletail

Andean Tit-Spinetail

Giant Conebill

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Papallacta Antennas

Papallacta Antennas

Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe

Papallacta Antennas

Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe

Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe

Papallacta Antennas

Papallacta Antennas

Papallacta Antennas

Agile Tit-Tyrant

Agile Tit-Tyrant

Agile Tit-Tyrant

Spectacled Redstart

Spectacled Redstart

Blue-backed Conebill

Antisana Volcano (Eastern View)

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Antisana Volcano (Eastern View)

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Pampallacta Lodge

Pampallacta Lodge

Pampallacta Lodge

Pampallacta Lodge

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Tapir

Green Jay

Cinnamon Flycatcher

Blackburnian Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher

San Isidro Lodge

Montane Woodcreeper

San Isidro Lodge

Torrent Duck

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Gorgeted Woodstar

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Chestnut-breasted Coronet

Long-tailed Sylph (Eastern)

Tawny-bellied Hermit

Peruvian Racket-tail

Green-backed Hillstar

Scarlet-rumped Cacique

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Fawn-breasted Brilliant

El Quetzal Protected Forest

El Quetzal Protected Forest

Pale-edged Flycatcher

Canada Warbler

Green Jay

Black-billed Peppershrike

Canada Warbler

Golden-bellied Flycatcher

Blue-gray Tanager (east)

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White-capped Dipper

Brown Violetear

Brazilian Red Cloak

Outdoor shower @ Trucker's Stop

Roadside Orchid

Olive-chested Flycatcher

Ashanti Blood

Lipstick Tree

Birding a Highway Bridge

Edwin Purchasing Rambuton

Our intro to Wild Sumaco Lodge

Miconia calvescens

Short-tailed Antthrush

Black-streaked Puffbird

Black-streaked Puffbird

Collared Trogan

Plain-backed Antpitta

Russet-backed Oropendola

Birding the Wild Sumaco forest

Yellow-throated Toucan

Calling the Plain-backed Antpita

Ruddy Pigeon

Gould's Jewelfront

Porterweed (stachytarpheta indica)

Wild Sumaco Lodge & Reserve

Gusmania Bromeliad

Justicia Aurea

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Quilts @ Wild Sumaco Lodge

Blackish Rail

Beehive Ginger

Magpie Tanager

Chestnut-bellied Seedeater

Green-backed Trogon

Western Wood Pewee

Cattle Tyrant

White-winged Swallow

Bare-faced Ibis