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Success with a difficult lapwing.

Posted Monday 10th June 2013 at 02:34 by Rick and Elis
Pied lapwing was always going to be a bit of a long shot as far as Wader Quest was concerned. We were just about going to be on the edge of their range, where they are rare, only once. From where we are staying in Minas Gerais visiting family we took to the road this morning and drove for 5 hours in the direction of Brasilia, the country's capital city. We were heading for a place called Pirapora where we had seen this species once before, but many years ago when we had visited the site to look...
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Wader Quest in the High Andes.

Posted Wednesday 5th June 2013 at 17:06 by Rick and Elis
We met with mixed success in the high part of the Andes in the Puna valleys. The first day we headed up to a place called Huachupampa in the Santa Eulalia Valley. We didn't see any waders at all, but then we hardly expected to, this first stop was to get us acclimatised to the altitude before heading to the top at over 4,000m!
So the next morning we drove along precipitous roads until we reached the high peaks and the bogs in Puna grassland. It was here that we were set loose to look for...
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Birding Mt. Lemmon – Rose Canyon Lake

Posted Tuesday 4th June 2013 at 17:32 by hotspot birding
After my early morning success at Bear Canyon Picnic area I decided to head up to Rose Canyon Lake. I often see sightings on lists for many birds I need at Rose Canyon Lake which helped to justify the $9 entrance fee. The Rose Canyon Lake entrance is a left hand turn about 5 miles north of the Bear Canyon Picnic area. It is at over 7000' in elevation. The lake surrounded by pine trees, rocks and water make it an ideal habitat for many of our Arizona mountain dwellers.
I pulled into the Rose...
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The Luck of the Moment

Posted Sunday 2nd June 2013 at 21:23 by Green Sandpiper
I've been saying all week that I intended this weekend to go looking for spotted flycatcher and garden warbler. These were my targets, and I knew exactly (even to to the very tree) where I was going to look for them.

Speaking to someone a few days ago, though, made me question how realistic it was to plan anything or have any target bird. There are no guarntees in life, and birding is nothing if not lifelike. The difference between getting a bird and dipping on it can be a difference...
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Bosque de Pomac, a birders paradise in north Peru

Posted Saturday 1st June 2013 at 16:20 by WilsonDiaz
If you want to go birding you have to wake up early... fortunately, the drive to get to Bosque de Pomac from the city of Chiclayo takes only 45 minutes. read more...
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