Cat Stevens once sang, “Oh, baby, baby, it’s a wild world.” More than fifty years later, it’s still a wild world. It’s been wild here in Ecuador with all of the amazing birds we’ve seen so far. Cat’s lyrics came to mind the other day when we saw a fledgling Golden Tanager begging for food from its parent, who obliged, feeding it some banana that was gleaned from one of the feeding stations located in areas around Sachamatia Lodge. Although the young bird, on the right, looks almost identical to its parent, to me its exaggerated “Walt Disney beak” was the giveaway. This young bird will face the wild world soon enough, but for now, it is being cared for by a caring parent.