Pantanos de Villa

Stilt Sand-piper
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Grey Plover
Wilson's Phalarope
Neotropic Cormorant

Pantanos de Villa is a good place to spend some hours. This time (17.09) I visited Mar villa - beach area & the wader lagoons in the late afternoon, totally I saw 44 species in less than two hours.

Lima city

You can find many nice parks in Lima. I found one in San Isidro with many birds as well during a visit 17.09.08
Saffron Finch
Amazilian Hummingbird
Long-tailed Mockingbird
Blue-gray Grassquit
Saf- fron Finch

Thick-billed Siskin, Lampa 13.09.08

During a visit to the Polylepis forest east of Lampa (Palca road) I observed 20+ Thick-billed Siskins, other birds observed in the forest included Band-winged Nightjar, Streak-fronted Thornbird, Dark-winged Canastero, Giant Conebill & Rufous-webbet Tyrant.

Thick-billed Siskin (male)
Thick-billed Siskin (male)
Thick-billed Siskin (female)

Lagunilla Sacakani at 4450 m.

This small lake lies along the road between Arequipa and Juliaca. You can see the Chilean Flamingo here all the year and sometimes Andean Avocet is also present. Here are some other birds from this lake (20.08.08).

Mountain Caracara
Baird's Sandpiper
Puna Plover

Birds from Moho, Lake Titicaca

During a trip to Moho 1-4.09.08 I observed among others more than 100 Titicaca Grebes. It seems to be easy to count these birds at this time of the year. I have earlier posted photos of Titicaca Grebe, and here I post pictures of some other birds seen in Moho. All of them are quite common species. Above: Chiguanco Thrush.
Peruvian Sierra-Finch

Plain-colored Seedeater
Spot-winged Pigeon

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Ground-Tyrants (again)

Last year I posted several times pictures of Ground-Tyrants. They are not always easy to indentify. Here I post pictures of two species from Moho at the shores of Lake Titicaca. It makes it easy to compare these two species. The pictures are taken 1-3.09.08

Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant
White-browed Ground-Tyrant
Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant
White-browed Ground-Tyrant