Ecuador is home to more hummingbird species than any other place on Earth. The Endangered Black-breasted Puffleg is one of the most rare, found only in the high, humid montane forests hugging the ridges around Pichincha volcano in northwestern Ecuador. With its notable white feathered legs, the Black-breasted Puffleg migrates short distances between lower and higher elevations when seasonal weather shifts occur. Favoring the cooler, higher climes above 10,000 feet during the rainy season and dipping to 7,000 feet between April and September, the Puffleg follows flowering vines and trees…