The Chocó region of northwestern Ecuador and western Columbia has many endemic species, as Mike already let you know back in January.  While we...

For our fourth day of birding in Ecuador we had two stops planned.  The excellent but small Rio Salanche Bird Sanctuary, a property owned...

After Refugio Paz de las Aves it would be extremely difficult to see anything that could remotely compare to the incredible birds we had...

Refugio Paz de las Aves is an amazing place to bird.  Though I have already written one blog post detailing the most amazing birding...

There are moments in a person’s life that one immediately knows one will remember forever.  Every tiny little moment seems crystal clear when it...

It should now be clear why Ecuador is a great country for birding, if not then visit my previous blog “Ecuador Hotspots Regions”.  The...

For our second day in Ecuador we had plans for the entire group of Queens birders to take the hour-and-a-half long drive from Pululahua...

The afternoon of our first full day in Ecuador was spent at Yanacocha Preserve, a high-altitude elfin forest on the slopes of Volcan Pichincha,...