Some more Loreto birds, november 2009

Rufescent Tiger-Heron

Solitary Sandpiper, the only shorebird in the area.
Yellow-billed Tern

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

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.

Along the road, Mejía

Some short stops along the road north of the Sanctuary produced several good photo opportunities 16.11.

Black-crowned Night-Heron blowing in the wind

Killdeer

Elegant Tern & Common Tern (and Franklin's Gulls)

Burrowing Owl