Thomas Field
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Hello from Chile. Yesterday was a holiday and my wife and I went to Quintay, a beautiful hideaway on the coast, a bit south of Vina del Mar. We spent a few hours birding and saw 42 species. Here's a list of what we saw:
1. Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
2. Great Grebe* (Podicephorus major)
3. Peruvian Booby (Sula variegata)
4. Peruvian Pelican (Pelecanus thagus)
5. Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)
6. Red-legged Cormorant (Phalacrocorax gaimardi)
7. Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
8. Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
9. Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
10. Black-necked Swan (Cygnus melanocorypha)
11. White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)
12. Chimango Caracara (Milvago chimango)
13. American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
14. Spot-flanked Gallinule (Gallinula melanops)
15. White-winged Coot (Fulica leucoptera)
16. American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
17. Blackish Oystercatcher (Haematopus ater)
18. Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
19. Rufous-chested Dotterel (Charadrius modestus)
20. Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
21. Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
22. Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
23. Grey Gull (Larus modestus)
24. Inca Tern (Larosterna inca)
25. Rock Dove (Columba livia)
26. Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)
27. Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas)
28. Green-backed Firecrown* (Sephanoides galeritus)
29. Dark-bellied Cinclodes (Cinclodes patagonicus)
30. Tufted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes parulus)
31. Fire-eyed Diucon (Xolmis pyrope)
32. Patagonian Negrito (Lessonia rufa)
33. Rufous-tailed Plantcutter (Phytotoma rara)
34. Chilean Swallow (Tachycineta meyeni)
35. Austral Thrush (Turdus falcklandii)
36. Chilean Mockingbird (Mimus thenca)
37. Common Diuca-Finch (Diuca diuca)
38. Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
39. Long-tailed Meadowlark (Sturnella loyca)
40. Austral Blackbird (Curaeus curaeus)
41. Black-chinned Siskin (Carduelis barbata)
42. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
1. Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
2. Great Grebe* (Podicephorus major)
3. Peruvian Booby (Sula variegata)
4. Peruvian Pelican (Pelecanus thagus)
5. Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)
6. Red-legged Cormorant (Phalacrocorax gaimardi)
7. Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
8. Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
9. Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
10. Black-necked Swan (Cygnus melanocorypha)
11. White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)
12. Chimango Caracara (Milvago chimango)
13. American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
14. Spot-flanked Gallinule (Gallinula melanops)
15. White-winged Coot (Fulica leucoptera)
16. American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
17. Blackish Oystercatcher (Haematopus ater)
18. Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
19. Rufous-chested Dotterel (Charadrius modestus)
20. Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
21. Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
22. Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
23. Grey Gull (Larus modestus)
24. Inca Tern (Larosterna inca)
25. Rock Dove (Columba livia)
26. Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)
27. Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas)
28. Green-backed Firecrown* (Sephanoides galeritus)
29. Dark-bellied Cinclodes (Cinclodes patagonicus)
30. Tufted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes parulus)
31. Fire-eyed Diucon (Xolmis pyrope)
32. Patagonian Negrito (Lessonia rufa)
33. Rufous-tailed Plantcutter (Phytotoma rara)
34. Chilean Swallow (Tachycineta meyeni)
35. Austral Thrush (Turdus falcklandii)
36. Chilean Mockingbird (Mimus thenca)
37. Common Diuca-Finch (Diuca diuca)
38. Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
39. Long-tailed Meadowlark (Sturnella loyca)
40. Austral Blackbird (Curaeus curaeus)
41. Black-chinned Siskin (Carduelis barbata)
42. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
