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-a/.
![Scrub Tanager]()
![Blue-gray Tanager]()
![Eared Dove]()
![Rufous-collared Sparrow]()
![_84A1496-Edit]()
![Avocado Tree]()
![Strreak-throated Bush-Tyrant]()
![Croaking Grund Dove]()
![Morning Glory]()
![Lunch @ Puembo Birding Garden]()
![Freshwater Salmon (Steelhead)]()
![Shiny Cowbird]()
![Tropical Mockingbird]()
![Colonial Quito]()
![Colonial Quito]()
![Colonial Quito]()
![El Alabado Museum]()
![el San Francisco]()
![el San Francisco]()
![el San Francisco]()
![Heladeria "San Agustin"]()
![Heladeria "San Agustin"]()
![Quito: Artisan's Market]()
![Quito: Artisan's Market]()
![Tawny Antpita]()
![Mountain Velvetbreast]()
![Equatorial Antpita]()
![Tyrian Metaltail]()
![White-bellied Woodstar]()
![Sparkling Violetear]()
![Masked Flowerpiercer]()
![Chestnut-naped Antpita]()
![White-bellied Woodstar]()
![Andean Guan]()
![Yellow-breasted Brushfinch]()
![Buff-tailed Coronet]()
![Sapphire-vented Puffleg]()
![Red-crested Cotinga]()
![Orange Mapwing Butterfly]()
![Hooded Mountain Tanager]()
![Rufous-tailed Hummingbird]()
![Reserva Zuro Loma]()
![White-booted Racket-tail]()
![Red Angel's Trumpet]()
![Black-capped Tanager]()
![Red-headed Barbet (female)]()
![White-necked Jacobin]()
![White-necked Jacobin]()
![Purple-bibbed Whitetip]()
![Purple-bibbed Whitetip]()
![Flame-rumped Tanager]()
![Purple-throated Woodstar]()
![Collared Aracari]()
![Andean Emerald]()
![Bay-headed Tanager]()
![Summer Tanager]()
![Black Segmented Millipede]()
![White-whiskered Hermit]()
![Brown Violetear]()
![Blue-necked Tanager]()
![ecuador_NV-phone_115]()
![ecuador_NV-phone_113]()
![Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan]()
![Buff-tailed Coronet]()
![Dusky Chlorospingus]()
![Swallow-tailed Kite]()
![Brown Inca Hummingbird]()
![Tiger Beetle]()
![Guaycapi Lodge]()
![Guaycapi Lodge]()
![Guaycapi Lodge]()
![Guaycapi Lodge]()
![Guaycapi Lodge]()
![Green and Black Fruiteater]()
![Guaycapi Lodge]()
![Guaycapi Lodge]()
![Crowned Woodnymph]()
![Swithcing Pastures - right-of-way to the cattle.]()
![Cock-of-the-Rock Lek "Blind"]()
![Cock-of-the-Rock Lek "Blind"]()
![Andean Cock-of-the-Rock]()
![Pacific Hornero]()
![ecuador_SV-phone_26]()
![Sickle-winged Guan]()
![Strong-billed Woodcreeper]()
![Velvet-purple Coronet]()
![Swallow-tailed Kite]()
![Violet-tailed Sylph]()
![Violet-tailed Sylph]()
![Swallow-tailed Kite]()
![Ornate Flycatcher]()
![Rufous-tailed Hummingbird]()
![White-lined Tanager (juvenile)]()
![Dusky-faced Tanager]()
![Thick-billed Euphonia]()
![Palm Tanager]()
![Why it's called a "Cloud Forest"]()
![Buff-throated Saltator]()
![Lineated Woodpecker]()
![White-lined Tanager]()
![Golden-olive Woodpecker]()
![Black-cheeked Woodpecker]()
![Black-cheeked Woodpecker]()
![Palm Tanager]()
![Streak-headed Woodcreeper]()
![Streak-headed Woodcreeper]()
![Little Cuckoo]()
![Rusty-margined Flycatcher]()
![Saffron Finch]()
![Frutti Tour]()
![Crowned Woodnymph]()
![Green-crowned Brilliant]()
![Tyra @ Milpe Lodge]()
![Variable Seedeater]()
![Milpe Lodge]()
![Milpe Lodge]()
![Feliz Cumpleaños, Señor Nick]()
![Feliz Cumpleaños, Señor Nick]()
![Metallic-green Tanager]()
![Yellow-breasted Antpita]()
![Thick-billed Euphonia]()
![Golden Tanager]()
![Golden-naped Tanager]()
![Refugio Paz de Las Aves]()
![Toucan Barbette]()
![Crimson-rumped Toucanette]()
![Crimson-rumped Toucanette]()
![Red-headed Barbet]()
![Rufous-breasted Antthrush]()
![Montaine Woodcreeper]()
![Refugio Paz de Las Aves]()
![ecuador_SV-phone_43]()
![ecuador_SV-phone_44]()
![Lady's Eardrops (fuchsia boliviana)]()
![Lady's Eardrops (fuchsia boliviana)]()
![Refugio Paz de Las Aves]()
![Agouiti]()
![Yellow-throated Toucan]()
![Ecuadorian Thrush]()
![Blue-necked Tanager]()
![Flame-rumped Tanager]()
![Velvet-purple Coronet]()
![Velvet-purple Coronet]()
![Flame-faced Tanager]()
![ecuador_SV-phone_48]()
![San Tadeo Birding Garden]()
![San Tadeo Birding Garden]()
![San Tadeo Birding Garden]()
![San Tadeo Birding Garden]()
![ecuador_NV-phone_165]()
![Tree Tomatoe]()
![Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa]()
![Golden-collared Honeycreeper]()
![Swainson's Thrush]()
![Zeledon's Antbird]()
![Bay-breasted Warbler]()
![White-faced Coati]()
![Slate-throated Redstart]()
![Ochre-breasted Tanager]()
![Smoke-colored Pewee]()
![Black-striped Sparrow]()
![Rose-faced Parrot]()
![Rose-faced Parrot]()
![Dusky-capped Flycatcher]()
![Rufous-throated Tanager]()
![Glistening-green Tanager]()
![Bay Wren]()
![Cinnamon Becard]()
![Tyra]()
![Black-chinned Mountain Tanager]()
![Southern House Wren]()
![Giant Cowbird]()
![Golden-bellied Flycatcher]()
![Moss-backed Tanager]()
![Dark-backed Wood-Quail]()
![Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa]()
![Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa]()
![Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa]()
![Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa]()
![Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa]()
![Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa]()
![Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa]()
![Red Junglefowl Rooster]()
![The gate to the Oilbird Cave]()
![The gate to the Oilbird Cave]()
![In Search of the Oilbird]()
![Oilbird]()
![The gate to the Oilbird Cave]()
![Southern Lapwing]()
![Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa]()
![ecuador_SV-phone_77]()
![Masked Trogon]()
![Masked Trogon]()
![Masked Trogon]()
![Three-striped warbler]()
![Plain-brown Woodcreeper]()
![Golden-bellied Flycatcher]()
![Dusky Chlorospingus]()
![Long-wattled Umbrellabird]()
![Masked Water-Tyrant]()
![Upon the Tower Sachatamia Lodge]()
![Sachatamia Lodge Tower]()
![Sachatamia Lodge Birding Trail]()
![Repurposed Coke Crates]()
![Bromiliad]()
![ecuador_NV-phone_175]()
![Sachatamia Lodge]()
![Cavendishia grandefolia (edible)]()
Scrub Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Eared Dove
Rufous-collared Sparrow
_84A1496-Edit
Avocado Tree
Strreak-throated Bush-Tyrant
Croaking Grund Dove
Morning Glory
Lunch @ Puembo Birding Garden
Freshwater Salmon (Steelhead)
Shiny Cowbird
Tropical Mockingbird
Colonial Quito
Colonial Quito
Colonial Quito
El Alabado Museum
el San Francisco
el San Francisco
el San Francisco
Heladeria "San Agustin"
Heladeria "San Agustin"
Quito: Artisan's Market
Quito: Artisan's Market
Tawny Antpita
Mountain Velvetbreast
Equatorial Antpita
Tyrian Metaltail
White-bellied Woodstar
Sparkling Violetear
Masked Flowerpiercer
Chestnut-naped Antpita
White-bellied Woodstar
Andean Guan
Yellow-breasted Brushfinch
Buff-tailed Coronet
Sapphire-vented Puffleg
Red-crested Cotinga
Orange Mapwing Butterfly
Hooded Mountain Tanager
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Reserva Zuro Loma
White-booted Racket-tail
Red Angel's Trumpet
Black-capped Tanager
Red-headed Barbet
White-necked Jacobin
White-necked Jacobin
Purple-bibbed Whitetip
Purple-bibbed Whitetip
Flame-rumped Tanager
Purple-throated Woodstar
Collared Aracari
Andean Emerald
Bay-headed Tanager
Summer Tanager
Black Segmented Millipede
White-whiskered Hermit
Brown Violetear
Blue-necked Tanager
ecuador_NV-phone_115
ecuador_NV-phone_113
Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan
Buff-tailed Coronet
Dusky Chlorospingus
Swallow-tailed Kite
Brown Inca Hummingbird
Tiger Beetle
Guaycapi Lodge
Guaycapi Lodge
Guaycapi Lodge
Guaycapi Lodge
Guaycapi Lodge
Green and Black Fruiteater
Guaycapi Lodge
Guaycapi Lodge
Crowned Woodnymph
Swithcing Pastures - right-of-way to the cattle.
Cock-of-the-Rock Lek "Blind"
Cock-of-the-Rock Lek "Blind"
Andean Cock-of-the-Rock
Pacific Hornero
ecuador_SV-phone_26
Sickle-winged Guan
Strong-billed Woodcreeper
Velvet-purple Coronet
Swallow-tailed Kite
Violet-tailed Sylph
Violet-tailed Sylph
Swallow-tailed Kite
Ornate Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
White-lined Tanager
Dusky-faced Tanager
Thick-billed Euphonia
Palm Tanager
Why it's called a "Cloud Forest"
Buff-throated Saltator
Lineated Woodpecker
White-lined Tanager
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Palm Tanager
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Little Cuckoo
Rusty-margined Flycatcher
Saffron Finch
Frutti Tour
Crowned Woodnymph
Green-crowned Brilliant
Tyra
Variable Seedeater
Milpe Lodge
Milpe Lodge
Feliz Cumpleaños, Señor Nick
Feliz Cumpleaños, Señor Nick
Metallic-green Tanager
Yellow-breasted Antpita
Thick-billed Euphonia
Golden Tanager
Golden-naped Tanager
Refugio Paz de Las Aves
Toucan Barbette
Crimson-rumped Toucanette
Crimson-rumped Toucanette
Red-headed Barbet
Rufous-breasted Antthrush
Montaine Woodcreeper
Refugio Paz de Las Aves
ecuador_SV-phone_43
ecuador_SV-phone_44
Lady's Eardrops (fuchsia boliviana)
Lady's Eardrops (fuchsia boliviana)
Refugio Paz de Las Aves
Agouiti
Yellow-throated Toucan
Ecuadorian Thrush
Blue-necked Tanager
Flame-rumped Tanager
Velvet-purple Coronet
Velvet-purple Coronet
Flame-faced Tanager
ecuador_SV-phone_48
San Tadeo Birding Garden
San Tadeo Birding Garden
San Tadeo Birding Garden
San Tadeo Birding Garden
ecuador_NV-phone_165
Tree Tomatoe
Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa
Golden-collared Honeycreeper
Swainson's Thrush
Zeledon's Antbird
Bay-breasted Warbler
White-faced Coati
Slate-throated Redstart
Ochre-breasted Tanager
Smoke-colored Pewee
Black-striped Sparrow
Rose-faced Parrot
Rose-faced Parrot
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Rufous-throated Tanager
Glistening-green Tanager
Bay Wren
Cinnamon Becard
Tyra
Black-chinned Mountain Tanager
Northern House Wren
Giant Cowbird
Golden-bellied Flycatcher
Moss-backed Tanager
Dark-backed Wood-Quail
Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa
Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa
Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa
Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa
Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa
Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa
Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa
Red Junglefowl Rooster
The gate to the Oilbird Cave
The gate to the Oilbird Cave
In Search of the Oilbird
Oilbird
The gate to the Oilbird Cave
Southern Lapwing
Reserva Mashpi-Amagusa
ecuador_SV-phone_77
Masked Trogon
Masked Trogon
Masked Trogon
Three-striped warbler
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Golden-bellied Flycatcher
Dusky Chlorospingus
Long-wattled Umbrellabird
Masked Water-Tyrant
Upon the Tower Sachatamia Lodge
Sachatamia Lodge Tower
Sachatamia Lodge Birding Trail
Repurposed Coke Crates
Bromiliad
ecuador_NV-phone_175
Sachatamia Lodge
Cavendishia grandefolia (edible)