High in the Andes Mountains in Ecuador lives this Ecuadorian Hillstar. Known as the Páramo, the ecosystem which this Hillstar lives is unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. It has a desert like feel to it due to the types of plant that grow there but the Páramo only exists at an elevation of around 10,000-13,000 feet so it’s very high in elevation and fairly cold. In fact, the nearby volcano was covered in a lot of snow. My friend Dennis, who was the organizer of the birding photography tour that I was a part of in Ecuador, and I were mesmerized by the Páramo and I think that it was both of our favorite places we visited in Ecuador. The Ecuadorian Hillstar only lives in the Páramo regions which seems like it would be rough on a small hummingbird but there are plenty of flowers around for it to sustain itself.
BAM☺︎
