Monthly Archive: June 2025

Birds of the Amazon and Galapagos

Prior to this trip to Ecuador, I did not attempt to identify birds, beyond the cardinals, bluejays and robins living in the backyard. There were a few “birders” in our tour group who asked...

Amazon Rain Forest, Ecuador

Our travel mates, Joe and Diane, my cousin Bill and his wife Sandy, Dan and I departed Quito and took a 35-minute flight to Coca, a small city in eastern Ecuador. The air was thick...