Obviously, I know about the tail for seperating these two. However, I was recently presented with a photo (taken near Machu Picchu) where the hummingbird was ...
Gunnar and all : Dull colored Grassquit has recently colonized the Machu Picchu area. It is fairly common at around 1800-2200 meters along ther railway track...
Barry Walker
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May 2, 2004 9:30 pm
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Barry - great to read your recent exploits - while I sit here painting toucans, etc.! Did you see my comments about Dull-colored Grasquit? I have had it ...
PARDUSCO@...
May 2, 2004 10:21 pm
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Good topic Rasmus. I used to go by location to identify the two (Green-and-White in Machu Picchu and White-bellied in Ollantaytambo) but I have recently had ...
Gunnar Engblom
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May 3, 2004 5:37 am
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Hello all, Great to hear about your expertise. About the Dull-colored Grassquit, I have seen it from the bridge (Puentes Ruinas), at 1800 m, and all the way...
Hi Alan, Adult Harpy (both sexes?) has a fairly high pitched call that rises and falls. I dont know if it also gives a call that ends on a rising note. Around...
Daer All. There are three pictures in the Gunnar´s Web Site. The two First Pictures correspon a eagle found on Manu Road. The Eagle it was Praying a...
Hola a todos, me encuentro haciendo una evaluación de las aves en una zona de bosque seco en el departamento de Piura y no puedo identificar a esta ave. Se...
Diego En Birding Peru no es permitido mandar archivos adjuntos. Puedes subir la foto en la pagina-web www.birdingperu.com <http://www.birdingperu.com/> por...
Gunnar Engblom
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May 4, 2004 2:38 am
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Brian… I do like stirring up the pot… Note however a couple of things. 1. Boycott – originally mentioned to me as a possibility to deal with the apparent...
Gunnar Engblom
kolibriexp@...
May 4, 2004 7:28 am
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After some initial problems I've just uploaded a photo of a probable Green-and-White Hummingbird: http://www.birding-peru.com/picsfiles/photos.asp?idtipopic=1 ...
I will be out of the office starting 05/05/2004 and will not return until 05/21/2004. I will respond to your message when I return. The information in this...
Hello all, I have finally compiled all my sightings of my trip to Peru. I have stayed two weeks in Lima for work, then I traveled a few days to the Tambopata...
Parque El Olivar, Lima I have visited this lovely park of San Isidro twice, at the end of the day of March 15 and 18, 2004. The time spent both times was ...
I have visited Lomas de Lachay on March 20, 2004, from 8:00 to 14:00. Fog was very thick until 9:30, which made birdwatching from the panamerican highway to...
Dear Virgilio, This is a Inmature Black and Chestnut Eagle (Oroaetus isidori) because the tail pattern (among other characteristics) that is distinctive from...
In the morning of March 21, 2004 I spent a few hours with Louis Gariépy, a birdwatcher originally from Canada which I have made contact before the trip. We...
My guess is that you did see a male Black-and-white Seeseater, but that it was an escaped bird. It was an abundantly kept and sold cage bird and probaably is...
PARDUSCO@...
May 9, 2004 4:30 pm
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Buenas, I must say that I love the photos posted for birdingPeru- sobre todo gracias a los Yabar por mandar tantas photos tan cheveres de Manu- un placer de...
Fernando and Patrik Dear All. Good to know about the inmature Oroetus isidori. Still I am very confuse about the Micrastur or Accipiter picture; unfortunatly...
Virgilio, Patrick, Fernando, Looking in the Ecuador field guide, it seems to me a Barred Forest- Falcon because it has: - "brown iris" - "cere, base of bill,...
Regarding Diego Garcia Olaechea's mystery bird from Piura on the Birding Peru site (see http://www.birding- peru.com/picsfiles/photos.asp?idtipopic=1): That's...
Dear All, regarding to the misterious Accipiter/Micrastur: I still think that this bird is a Tiny hawk, because of these reasons: Those long, nerved and thin...
There are several things about the photo of this Micrastur/Accipiter that indicates Tiny Hawk. Micrastur species have more extensively graduated tail feathers...
Dear All. There are a new picture in the Gunnar's Web Site. This picture show the bill diferences betwen Micrastur/Accipiter genus. The Tiny Hawk Bill have a...
Dear Virgilio and all, It was difficult to identify this bird and a nice discussion. But one thing is pretty clear, it is a really nice photo of a wild...
I will be out of the office starting 05/05/2004 and will not return until 05/21/2004. I will respond to your message when I return. The information in this...
I will be out of the office starting 05/05/2004 and will not return until 05/21/2004. I will respond to your message when I return. The information in this...
Dear John O´ Neill and others, In your reaction on Dull-coloured Grasquitt I read your note about Paramo Pipit- Anthus bogotensis. Perhaps good to know that I...