It's CBC season, and with CBC's come owling.  This morning I struggled with noise from I-94.  Yesterday I had all 3 locals by dawn. ...

As we headed back to Quito, Jose pulled us off onto a little side road to pick up a few last dry scrub birds.  (We'd have gone farther b...

A few last birds from Angel de Paz, hummingbirds, what else? Violet-tailed Sylph is not an easy bird to photograph.  The tail is so long i...

We ate lunch at Angel's and enjoyed the activity at the feeders on the railing's edge.  Check out the bill on Toucan Barbet... We...

Tim and I have joked a lot over the years about being at the "peak" for whatever fill-in-the-blank heretofore unseen rarity you wa...

Three more of course! We'd actually seen this first species (though not as close) early in the week at Guango, Chestnut-capped Antpitt...

Two antpittas of course!  Well let's come back to that. Antpittas are the star of the show at Angel de Paz and we did very well.  The ...