Plate-billed Mountain Toucan (Andigena laminirostris) in the San Tadeo region of Ecuador, July 2, 2018. This lifer has been one of my dream birds for a long time! Huge thanks to my photographer guide Javier Zurita for getting me to the right place at the right time!
Shining Sunbeam
Female Red-headed Barbet
Green Violetear (Colibri thalassinus) in Mindo.
Male Green Thorntail (Popelairia conversii) at the Mashpi Amagusa Reserve.
Andes Condor
Female Buff-winged Starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae) in the Yanachocha region of Ecuador. 7/1/18.
A couple of Plate-billed Mountain Toucans (Andigena laminirostris) in the San Tadeo region of Ecuador, July 2, 2018. This lifer has been one of my dream birds for a long time! Huge thanks to my photographer guide Javier Zurita for getting me to the right place at the right time!
Black and White Owl
Ecuadorian Hillstar
Blue-winged Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus) at Sachatamia Lodge in Ecuador, July 3rd, 2018. Nikon d500, 200-500 lens, handheld, no flash. Charles H. Grisham Jr.
Saphire-vented Puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani) at Yanacocha, Ecuador.
Pale-mandibled Aracari
Rainbow-bearded Thornbill
Female Great Saphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus) in the Yanachocha region of Ecuador.
Crimson-rumped Toucanette
Crimson-rumped Toucanette near Mashpi, Ecuador. 7/3/18.
Sword-billed Hummingbird
Fawn-breasted Brilliant in Mindo, Ecuador. July 2nd, 2018.
Violet-tailed Sylph
Immature Ecuadorian Hillstar (Chimborazo sub.) at the Chimborazo volcano in Ecuador.
Male Buff-winged Starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae) in the Yanachocha region of Ecuador. 7/1/18.
Toucan Barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus) near Mashpi in Ecuador. July 3rd, 2018. HUGE thanks to Javier Zurita for putting me on this extraordinary bird!
Male Red-headed Barbet (Eubucco bourcierii) at Sachatamia Lodge in Ecuador, July 3rd, 2018. Would have never found this small, flashy species in such a photogenic position without the help of Javier Zurita!
Velvet-purple Coronet (juvenile)
Rufous-throated Tanager
Glossy Flowerpiercer (Diglossa lafresnayii) in the Yanachocha region of Ecuador.
Black-chested Mountain Tanager (Cnemathraupis eximia) in the Yanacocha region of Ecuador. Taken on 7/1/18.
Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus igniventris) in Yanacocha, Ecuador, 7/1/18.
