It should now be clear why Ecuador is a great country for birding, if not then visit my previous...

Until today I had never seen a Fork-tailed Flycatcher.  It seems somehow fitting that a mere week after returning...

For our second day in Ecuador we had plans for the entire group of Queens birders to take the...

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

Ummm… yeah maybe I should explain. I’m not quitting already. I mean, I’ve only been a “beat blogger” for...

While I have already given a tiny taste of birding in Ecuador and shared the triumph of my amazingly...

James Bond had an Aston Martin DB5, suits from Saville Row and his trusty Walther PPK. John Steed, from...

One of the things about being a birder is that you become, in the eyes of your non-birdy friends,...