Let's test our collective knowledge. Here are questions about the details of the distribution of Peruvian birds. This is not a quiz, this is a plea for...
Tom Schulenberg
tschulenberg@...
Apr 1, 2004 8:28 pm
1968
Tom, I have one observation of Black Vulture from Tacna. I saw the bird between the city and the beach, as far as I remember back in 1996. This is my only...
Tor Egil Høgsås
hogsas@...
Apr 2, 2004 2:23 am
1969
Tom, The article about Shiny Cowbird (El tordo parasitico avanzando en el sur del Perú) was publicated in Cotinga 12. Tor Egil Høgsås Casilla 797 SUCRE ...
Tor Egil Høgsås
hogsas@...
Apr 2, 2004 11:53 am
1970
Hi all, I was talking to Steve Howell on the phone a few days ago, and he told me that he is still looking for photos of certain gull plumages for a book he...
Photos can be very usefull, especially for getting wingshapes and colour patterns of spread wings right. But permit me to give a warning: I have seen...
"Fjeldså, Jon"
jfjeldsaa@...
Apr 2, 2004 4:38 pm
1972
... Tom et al. I mention Arequipa specifically in the book not only in the general distribution, but in the distribution of the race occidentalis. For me to ...
Message from Birdlife International. My apologies for cross posting. Hi everyone, I'm writing to urge any of you that haven't already signed the BirdLife...
Gunnar Engblom
kolibriexp@...
Apr 2, 2004 5:16 pm
1974
... Tor, Many thanks for this tip. It is embarrassing that I had overlooked your publication (but it would have been even more embarrassing had I not asked,...
Tom Schulenberg
tschulenberg@...
Apr 2, 2004 5:22 pm
1975
Jon - I think the book that Dan is writing about will have photos and not artwork. BUT, I will add to what you said as a caution and a MAJOR word of advice to...
PARDUSCO@...
Apr 2, 2004 5:24 pm
1976
Tom, re Black Vulture in Arequipa: My experience confirms what Tor Egil wrote. I lived in the valley of Arequipa for two years (78-79) and for various...
Dan There is a picture of ad winter L. cirrocephalus and an immature gull sp at http://www.birding-peru.com/picsfiles/photos.asp?idtipopic=1 . I have some...
Gunnar Engblom
kolibriexp@...
Apr 2, 2004 7:19 pm
1978
... patterns of spread wings right. But permit me to give a warning: I have see= n sufficiently many errors in illustrations in fieldguides, some of them...
Gunnar, Actually, it was seeing this photo that caused me to post my message! To me, the first year gull in that photo looks like a Laughing Gull. Speaking of...
Dan The reason why I was considering also 1st winter Grey-hooded Gull for the imm on this picture were because of the general similar shape of the two birds,...
Gunnar Engblom
kolibriexp@...
Apr 2, 2004 8:44 pm
1981
Tor, and others, A couple of comments about Coroico, hopefully in time for your visit. I was there last year and visited Hotel La Finca. You don't have to stay...
Dear all Just back guding a trip with Naturetrek to Central Highway. I will be sending out some interesting species from this trip as well as upload a few...
Gunnar Engblom
kolibriexp@...
Apr 3, 2004 9:41 pm
1983
Can anyone tell me what's in the San Vincente area in Bolivia and what should I be expecting to find there as far as the birdwatching is concerned. I believe...
First of all, it would be useful for such requests as this one to specify where the locality is, for instance with coordinates. There are lots of San Vicente's...
"Fjeldså, Jon"
jfjeldsaa@...
Apr 4, 2004 11:44 am
1985
As mentioned by Fjeldså, mostly quite widespread birds in the area, though I still consider the following noteworthy (being mostly about Uyuni): First, as you...
Oops! If going on to Chile you are NOT left in the town of Avaroa. You are left at a small borderpost, where busses pass once in a while for Chile. ... As...
... " I also had a single pair of Horned Coots on the third day, near the border with Chile (and the nationalpark of Lauca). The Chilean natonalpark had a ...
Dear Tom and all After article about Shiny Cowbird Cotinga 12, I continued interested about Cowbird population status in Arequipa. During October 2001 control...
Barbara, Yes, you are completely right; it is closer to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. I just wanted to point out that Lauca is in the same region, and therefore...
Thank you all for unswerving, I am always reluctant of going to places like this, if it's waste of time as far as goes trying to catch a good shot with a...
Several years ago (1996, I guess), there was a note published in Cotinga reporting a sight record of Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps...
Tom Schulenberg
tschulenberg@...
Apr 5, 2004 5:41 pm
1992
Tom, I can't comment on anything but the House Sparrows. I have not seen them in the Cusco or Sacred Valley areas so maybe (hopefully) the "scouts" got lost. ...
JohnCArvin@...
Apr 6, 2004 1:52 am
1993
Hola Tom. I been several times in Habra Malaga. In those visits I always spent time between Canchayoc (higher elevation) and San Luis. I never seen or heard ...
Hi Trev Back in Lima. I will have a go at your Flamingos that you posted on www.birding-peru.com Adult Flamingos in non-breeding plumage can be difficult. ...
Gunnar Engblom
kolibriexp@...
Apr 6, 2004 8:25 am
1995
Gunnar - without getting into the literatures, databases, etc, I would probably expect both Odontophorus in the Tingo Maria area. Marbled is faster and a bit...
PARDUSCO@...
Apr 6, 2004 2:50 pm
1996
Trev, I agree with Gunnar, these are good Puna (Jame's) Flamingo. The shape and extent of the black on the bill is typical, restricted to the section below the...
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