This Pale-mandibled Aracari is enjoying a banana at Restaurant Guaycapi and Mirador which is a must see stop on the drive west from Quito towards the town of Mindo in beautiful #Ecuador

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Golden-olive Woodpecker checking construction to see if it's good enough for family.
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Great Blue Heron & Eared Grebe
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Catching up on edits from January. Avocets & Bufflehead

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Golden-naped Tanager
Mashpi Reserve, Ecuador

Rain has a way of softening everything - except the color.

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Glistening-green Tanager

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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Ecuador
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Violet-tailed Sylph, Ecuador

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Toucan Barbet, Ecuador

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The moss-backed tanager
is one of the most abundant birds in Mashpi - and somehow never ordinary.

Rainforest light, layered greens, and a bird that carries its own palette.

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This Red-headed Barbet had just finished feeding - traces of fruit still on its bill - when it paused just long enough for a portrait.

Mashpi Reserve, Ecuador
[Proof that the rainforest understands color theory.]

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Great Egret showing off it's landing feathers

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Female Hooded Mergansers sporting different crests & all in style

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Moss-backed Tanager, Ecuador

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Green Heron was hiding behind branches and twigs.

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Her Choice

Female Mandarin with several interested males.

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Willet (Tringa semipalmata) carrying it's prized Razor Clam.

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Speckled Hummingbird, Ecuador

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Lesser Violetear, Ecuador

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Yellow-breasted Brushfinch, Ecuador

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Masked Flowerpiercer, Ecuador
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Crimson-mantled Woodpecker, Ecuador
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Gorgeted Sunangel, Ecuador

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White-bellied Woodstar, Ecuador
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Speckled Hummingbird hanging on as it punctures the flower to sip the nectar

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White-bellied Woodstar, Ecuador
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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Ecuador
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Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Heron making a giant leap
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Female & male Orange-breasted Fruiteaters, Ecuador
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Toucan Barbet showing his colors, Ecuador
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