Category: paramo

Categories: Andes, Cayambe-Coca National Park, composite, cushion plant, Ecuador, flowers, melastome, paintbrush, Papallacta Pass, paramo, Passiflora mixta, Solanum, Sword-billed Hummingbird Posted on

Flowers of Ecuador’s Páramo

We can’t leave Ecuador without including a few photos of the spectacular flowers at Papallacta Pass near Quito! I don’t know what most of them are, but hope that you’ll enjoy them anyway. The area is within Cayambe-Coca National Park, at about 12,000 feet in … Continue readingFlowers of Ecuador’s Páramo

Categories: Bar-winged Cinclodes, Blue-mantled Thornbill, Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant, Cajas National Park, Cuenca, Ecuador, llama, paramo, Polylepis, Red-rumped Bush-Tyrant, Tawny Antpitta, Tit-like Dacnis Posted on

Ecuador, again!

It’s hard to stay away from a country as intriguing and diverse as Ecuador––and the birding is fabulous! Since I was last there, Quito has built a fine new international airport, quite a distance from the city. (The old airport was basically in town.) Here’s … Continue readingEcuador, again!