Mejía January 2010

Oasis Hummingbird

House Saprrow, whit a "bocadito"

Lizzard

Sunset 1

Sunset 2

Purple-collared Woodstar, Mejía January 2010

Burrowing Owl, Mejía 2009/10

Close to the beach

Along the entrance to the Sanctuary. This bird nests along the road, but it is easily overlooked.

Beach area north of Mejía.

Burrowing Owls at the entrance to their nest, they are nesting next to the beach north of Mejía.

Some common birds, Mejia

Pied-crested it-Tyrant is a quite common bird in the area, but this is my first photo of the species. The next bird, Rufous-collared Sparrow, is a lot easier to photograph.

Vermilion Flycatcher, Mejia 02.01.10

Birds along the shore, Mejia

Guanay Cormorants from Boca del Rio, 02.01.10. More than 10.000 of this species migrating south 03.01!

Black Skimmers, we saw several thousand in the Sanctuary 02.01.

Black Skimmer

Whimbrel

Band-tailed Gull

Killdeer

Close to Mejia I found a pair of nesting Killdeers with three juveniles on farmland 30.12.09. This is one of three places I have found nesting Killdeers the last years. Two of the pairs located their nests on farmland and the other one next to the beach.
Adult bird (above)

Juvenile

Juvenile

Snowy Plover

Another local bird present along the beach 30.12.2009 was the Snowy Plover. I found three nesting couples during my walk. I also found one non breeding bird, and I spent some time taking pictures of it. Here you can see some of the results.

American Oystercatcher

There were not any migrating bird along the shore in Mejia, and I guess it's a result of "el niño". Not a single Gull or Tern rested in the two kilometres stretch I walked 30.12.2009. I had to point my lens at the local birds like this American Oystercatcher.

Mostly Mejía area

I had a search after unpublished photos on my computer; here are some of the photos I found from the last months.

Vermilion Flycatcher, Mejía, December 2008

Little Blue Heron, Mejía, January 2009

Gray-hooded Gull, La Punta, Islay, January 2009.

American Oystercatcher, Mar Villa, Lima, February 2009. Gray-hooded Gull in the background.

More birds from Mollendo and Mejía from 28.12.08 to 02-01.09

Not always easy to find a place to rest for the birds along the beaches (north of the Sanctuary)

Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail, above Matarani (at 400 m).

Pacific Dove. Mejía 28.12.08

Purple-collared Woodstar, Mejía

Oasis Hummingbird, Mejía

Common Miner, Coastal and Andean ssp.

Common Miner from the Coastal population, photographed at 400 m. above Matarani along the road to Arequipa 31.12.08.

Common Miner (coastal)

Common Miner from the Andean population, photographed at 4450 m close to Crucero Alto (Juliaca-Arequipa road) 25.12.08.

Common Miner (Coastal)

Along the coast look also after Grayish Miner http://hogsas.blogspot.com/search?q=Grayish+Miner

Matarani, Islay 30-31.12.08

Inca Tern, 500+ present in the area.

Blackish Oystercatcher, several seen along the rocky shores.

Band-tailed Gull

Inca Tern

Humboldt Penguin, from a colony in the "El Faro" area.

Mejía Wetlands January 2009

Willet, 150+ seen along the river in the Sancturay.

Willet

Cinereous Harrier, male

Cinereous Harrier, female