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 consists of wildlife photos captured during our 3-week journey to Ecuador. The travel journal expanding on this trip may be viewed at viani.us/2025/03/ecuador-b/.
![Shining Sunbeam]()
![Giant Hummingbird]()
![Giant Hummingbird]()
![Andean Condor]()
![Plain-colored Seedeater]()
![Many-striped Canastero]()
![Stout-billed Cinclodes]()
![Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant]()
![Andean Gull]()
![Antisana Volcano]()
![Carunculated Caracara]()
![Carunculated Caracara]()
![Black Flowerpiercer]()
![White-chinned Thistletail]()
![Andean Tit-Spinetail]()
![Giant Conebill]()
![Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe]()
![Papallacta Antennas]()
![Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe]()
![Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe]()
![Agile Tit-Tyrant]()
![Agile Tit-Tyrant]()
![Agile Tit-Tyrant]()
![Spectacled Redstart]()
![Spectacled Redstart]()
![Blue-backed Conebill]()
![Tapir]()
![Green Jay]()
![Cinnamon Flycatcher]()
![Blackburnian Warbler]()
![Blackburnian Warbler]()
![Blackburnian Warbler]()
![Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher]()
![Montane Woodcreeper]()
![San Isidro Lodge]()
![Torrent Duck]()
![Gorgeted Woodstar]()
![Chestnut-breasted Coronet]()
![Long-tailed Sylph (Eastern)]()
![Tawny-bellied Hermit]()
![Peruvian Racket-tail]()
![Green-backed Hillstar]()
![Scarlet-rumped Cacique]()
![Fawn-breasted Brilliant]()
![Pale-edged Flycatcher]()
![Canada Warbler]()
![Green Jay]()
![Black-billed Peppershrike]()
![Canada Warbler]()
![Golden-bellied Flycatcher]()
![Blue-gray Tanager (east)]()
![White-capped Dipper]()
![Brown Violetear]()
![Olive-chested Flycatcher]()
![Black-streaked Puffbird]()
![Black-streaked Puffbird]()
![Collared Trogan]()
![Plain-backed Antpitta]()
![Russet-backed Oropendola]()
![Yellow-throated Toucan]()
![Ruddy Pigeon]()
![Gould's Jewelfront]()
![Blackish Rail]()
![Magpie Tanager]()
![Chestnut-bellied Seedeater]()
![Green-backed Trogon]()
![Western Wood Pewee]()
![Cattle Tyrant]()
![White-winged Swallow]()
![Bare-faced Ibis]()
Shining Sunbeam
Giant Hummingbird
Giant Hummingbird
Andean Condor
Plain-colored Seedeater
Many-striped Canastero
Stout-billed Cinclodes
Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant
Andean Gull
Antisana Volcano
Carunculated Caracara
Carunculated Caracara
Black Flowerpiercer
White-chinned Thistletail
Andean Tit-Spinetail
Giant Conebill
Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe
Papallacta Antennas
Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe
Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe
Agile Tit-Tyrant
Agile Tit-Tyrant
Agile Tit-Tyrant
Spectacled Redstart
Spectacled Redstart
Blue-backed Conebill
Tapir
Green Jay
Cinnamon Flycatcher
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher
Montane Woodcreeper
San Isidro Lodge
Torrent Duck
Gorgeted Woodstar
Chestnut-breasted Coronet
Long-tailed Sylph (Eastern)
Tawny-bellied Hermit
Peruvian Racket-tail
Green-backed Hillstar
Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Fawn-breasted Brilliant
Pale-edged Flycatcher
Canada Warbler
Green Jay
Black-billed Peppershrike
Canada Warbler
Golden-bellied Flycatcher
Blue-gray Tanager (east)
White-capped Dipper
Brown Violetear
Olive-chested Flycatcher
Black-streaked Puffbird
Black-streaked Puffbird
Collared Trogan
Plain-backed Antpitta
Russet-backed Oropendola
Yellow-throated Toucan
Ruddy Pigeon
Gould's Jewelfront
Blackish Rail
Magpie Tanager
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater
Green-backed Trogon
Western Wood Pewee
Cattle Tyrant
White-winged Swallow
Bare-faced Ibis