Yet one unusual species in Ecuador is nesting in colonies in the High Andes. When ornithologist Gustavo Cañas-Valle stumbled upon this fraternization among the Chimborazo Hillstar hummingbirds ...

This weekend, Paracyclist Dr. Meg Fisher and two fellow adaptive athletes will embark on a mission to reach new heights: climbing Ecuador’s three highest peaks—Cayambe, Chimborazo, and Cotopaxi.

Cañas-Valle’s discovery, described in November in the journal Ornithology, may be the first documented example of hummingbirds that nested and roosted communally. It is also notable that he found the ...