On the way to the Galapagos Islands in November 2016 we stopped over at a hotel in the outskirts of Quito, an old hacienda and a well-known Place for birding. The first morning I was out with the camera and to my surprise I got to see a huge American osprey on the premises, possibly a migrant bird from North America. The osprey is one of our most widespread birds of prey. It is found virtually worldwide except for some remote regions as the Antarctic, Greenland and New Zealand. (Canon EOS 1D X, Canon EF 600/4L IS II USM, Canon Extender EF 2x III, Sirui tripod, no birding hide).