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  1. AndyS56

    Peru, between Puno and Arequipa October 2022

    The last leg of the journey! A bumper bundle this time. #2 looks like an Ibis but I haven't been able to narrow it down further than that. #3Franklin's Gull? #4 Cinclodes? If so, which species? #5 Andean Goose All help always appreciated. A happy new year to you all, Andy
  2. J

    Central Colombia 1-16 July 2022

    Please, hurry up if you are interested. The plan for Central Colombia in the first half of July is on its way. We are already three people (2 gentlemen + 1 lady), maybe also one additional gentleman. We will welcome another lady to share room with her plus additional people in double/single...
  3. andean 8

    Cant identify bird

    Hello i want to know what is this bird...i dont have a picture but i can explain it is a light shade of grey and has a black beak long legs and is medium sized found in the andes in ecuador please respond
  4. andean 8

    2 more identifications

    also i have 2 more identifications that i dont know...i dont have pics of them but ill describe them...the first one is a long tailed and long legged bird with a pretty long neck also lives in the Andes in Ecuador...the second one is a black bird with yellow legs the body looks like a myna...
  5. andean 8

    bird identification, Andes, Ecuador

    hello i cant seem to identify this type of bird (i live in the Andes in Ecuador just for more info) Edit: i forgot to add the pic...just a min
  6. Glistening-Green Tanager

    Glistening-Green Tanager

    The colours on this tanager really do have to be seen to be believed.
    • WickWelsh
    • Media item
    • andes chlorochrysa phoenicotis ecuador glistening green tanager milpe tanager
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  7. Plumbeous Kite

    Plumbeous Kite

    Preening before take-off.
    • firecrest15
    • Media item
    • andes canopy ecuador ictinia kite plumbea plumbeous rio silanche tower west
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  8. Variable Hawk

    Variable Hawk

    A different view of the same bird soaring.
    • firecrest15
    • Media item
    • andes antisana buteo east ecuador hawk poecilochrous variable
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  9. Yellow-breasted Brush-Finch

    Yellow-breasted Brush-Finch

    Only seen at Yanacochca Reserve on the trip.
    • firecrest15
    • Media item
    • andes atlapetes brush-finch ecuador latinuchus reserve west yanacocha yellow-breasted
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  10. Torrent Duck

    Torrent Duck

    Classic male.
    • firecrest15
    • Media item
    • andes armata colombiana duck east ecuador guango lodge merganetta papallacta rio torrent
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  11. Glowing Puffleg

    Glowing Puffleg

    But the male was a different matter!
    • firecrest15
    • Media item
    • andes east ecuador eriocnemis glowing guango lodge puffleg vestitus
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  12. Green Thorntail

    Green Thorntail

    Another view of the female Green Thorntail fighting to get on the feeders at Mirador (viewpoint) Rio Blanco in the West slope of the Ecuadorian Andes.
    • firecrest15
    • Media item
    • andes conversii ecuador female green popelairia thorntail w
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  13. Andean Condor

    Andean Condor

    This is a male Andean Condor I had the chance to see in Peru, and it's the picture I chose to start a new website that is replacing "Light as Feathers", where I will upload pictures and talk about birds among other things: www.yerayseminario.com Also, there's another website we've been...
    • Yeray
    • Media item
    • andean condor andes peru vultur gryphus
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  14. My Trail

    My Trail

    in the thick cloud forests sometimes it is just easier to walk up the river ways. the night this was taken I remained exposed to the worst storm in recent history according to people I talked to later at a biological station. 4 mist netters experiences lightning first hand working on the ridge...
    • Frogguy2012
    • Media item
    • adventure andes cascade rain water south america storm
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Landscapes
  15. Cock of the Rock

    Cock of the Rock

    Peruvian National Bird
    • Frogguy2012
    • Media item
    • andes cock of the rock peru south america
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  16. Rufous Antpita

    Rufous Antpita

    Rufous antpita foraging for nestlings, link to video of nesting behavior in the comments
    • Frogguy2012
    • Media item
    • amazon andes antpita feeding photo contest
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  17. Greater Yellow-Finch CHILE SER

    Greater Yellow-Finch CHILE SER

    This bird was drinking from a small, temporary pond by a grazed meadow near a shepherds cabin at ~2500 m asl in an Andean valley.
    • rdavis
    • Media item
    • andes chile greater yellow-finch
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  18. Grey-breasted Seedsnipe CHILE SER

    Grey-breasted Seedsnipe CHILE SER

    This bird was foraging in a gravel covered patch of a grazed meadow at ~2500 m asl in an Andean valley.
    • rdavis
    • Media item
    • andes chile grey-breasted seedsnipe
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  19. Correndera Pipit CHILE SER

    Correndera Pipit CHILE SER

    This bird was foraging by small, temporary ponds in a grazed meadow near a shepherds cabin at ~2500 m asl in an Andean valley.
    • rdavis
    • Media item
    • andes anthus correndera chile correndera pipit
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  20. Rufous-banded Miner CHILE SER

    Rufous-banded Miner CHILE SER

    This bird was foraging at ~2800 m asl along a rocky alpine slope. It kept returning to the same locale, and may have been bringing its catch to its brood in an underground nest.
    • rdavis
    • Media item
    • alpine andes chile rufous-banded miner
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  21. White-browed Ground-Tyrant CHILE SER

    White-browed Ground-Tyrant CHILE SER

    This bird was foraging at ~2500 m asl along a rocky alpine slope.
    • rdavis
    • Media item
    • andes chile white-browed ground-tyrant
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  22. Crag Chilia CHILE SER

    Crag Chilia CHILE SER

    This bird showed itself only briefly as it foraged among boulders at the foot of a cliff at ~1800 m asl in Andean "foothills" east of Santiago.
    • rdavis
    • Media item
    • andes chile
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  23. Yellow-flowered Cactus

    Yellow-flowered Cactus

    Yellow-flowered Cactus (Tephrocactus floccosus: Cactaceae) Photographed in the High Eastern Andes, eastern-slope between Cusco and Paucartambo, Cuzco Department, west of Ajacanaco Pass, along Peru 26. Puna Life Zone in semidry grasslands and bogs at ca. 3,400 m elevation (11,155 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • andes cactaceae cactus cuzco peru tephrocactus floccosus
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
  24. Marcopomacocha Area, Peru

    Marcopomacocha Area, Peru

    Marcopomacocha Area situated about 90 km northeast of Lima, Peru in the high Andes, western-slope, at ca. 4,500 m (14,763 ft) elevation. Puna Life Zone; bogs and high altitude grasslands with diminutive herbs. Sony point-and-shoot DSC-W300 with a Carl Zeiss Tesser lens 3x optical zoom, focal...
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • andes marcopomacocha area peru
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Landscapes
  25. Torrent Duck female ECUAD SER

    Torrent Duck female ECUAD SER

    Torrent Duck series #3: female resting on flow-covered rock prior to jumping into torrent to feed by diving to bottom to capture invertebrates. Taken 3 Nov 09 in northern Ecuador at Rio Papallacta, east slope of Andes, near Guango Lodge, ~8700 ft asl.
    • rdavis
    • Media item
    • andes ecuador torrent duck
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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