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Highland lagoons at 4200 masl on our way to Chivay |
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Andean Goose is a very common sight at high altitudes |
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Diademed Sandpiper-Plover stake-out at the bogs at 4800 masl |
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A Mourning Sierra-Finch at the Colca Canyon |
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Gould's Inca in the garden of the Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel |
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Our first birding stop on our way to Manu: Huarcapay Lake |
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Second stop on our way to Manu: the endemic Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch |
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Cinnamon Flycatcher near Pillahuata at 2600 masl |
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Cloudforest habitat near Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge at 1500 masl |
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The brilliant Andean Cock-of-the-Rock at the lek |
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Approaching the end of the Manu road near Atalaya |
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The garden at Amazonia: lazy birding from the porch |
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Brightly coloured Masked Crimson Tanagers ... |
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... and Red-capped Cardinals at the feeding table of Amazonia Lodge |
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Black-tailed Trogon on the trails of Amazonia Lodge |
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The Oxbow Lake of Cocha Blanco |
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Horned Screamer along the shores of Cocha Blanco |
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A roosting Ladder-tailed Nightjar |
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Hoatzin: a common sight along Oxbow Lakes |
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A family of Burrowing Owls along the river on our way to Puerto Maldonado |
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Excellent birding at this forest patch just outside Puerto Maldonado |
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The localized Rusty-margined Flycatcher near PM... |
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... and a White-tailed Kite at the cleared areas surrounding PM |
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The extensive jungle viewed from the plane on our way back to Lima |
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The coastal lagoons of Puerto Viejo about 65 km south of Lima |
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A Killdeer at the lagoons |
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The endemic Coastal Miner at Puerto Viejo |
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Ruddy Duck at the same site |
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Common at the coast but nevertheless a beautiful bird: Vermilion Flycatcher |
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Just what we were looking for in the dry agricultural fields: Peruvian Thick-knee |
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Grey-hooded Gull at the Paracas coast |
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Close-up view of a Peruvian Pelican at Paracas |
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Boat trip to the Ballestas Islands: Humboldt Penguins |
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Guanay Cormorants are breeding in thousands on the islands |
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Inca Terns: the most beautiful Terns on the planet |
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Slender-billed Finch at a site about 7 km inland from Paracas |
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At the same site we had this roosting Lesser Nighthawk |
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The coast at the Paracas peninsula |
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Another endemic: Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes |
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Blackish Oystercatcher at Paracas Peninsula |
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