Dear All I think this forum is good to report unusual numbers of migratory species. So here we go. On December 25 in Piura (city) I saw some hundred...
Kolibri Expeditions
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Jan 2, 2003 1:26 pm
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OK Al and Mark Did you get the below? I need to know ASAP if you are going on the pelagic on Jan 12. How many people? It is 135 dollars for non-residents. Al,...
Sorry for the private message sent below. In any case it may be of some use for independent birders. Saludos Gunnar Gunnar Engblom-Lima, Peru. Birdwatching in...
Gunnar Engblom
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Jan 3, 2003 4:19 am
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For anyone interested in the results of the Bedfordshire Xmas Bird Count (Total species 111), have a look at http://www.btinternet.com/~picus/bedsbirdclub/ ...
thank´s Paul for your information. You are right: Line-cheeked Spinetail is a North Peru species. My notes say: "spinetail jizz, red head, gleaning in bush on...
Hi guys, I read the comments about the Thick Billed Siskins, and I still believe that none are very convincing about their identification. The color plates in...
Hi all We saw Saffron Siskin on our last trip to North Peru (including Tumbes and Hunacabamba areas) in December. This was above Canchaque (Piura) at around ...
Gunnar Engblom
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Jan 18, 2003 12:38 am
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Hi Gunnar, They are unmistakable, half the size of the Hooded Siskins and reach orange (saffron) in color and not yellow like that in the Hooded Siskins. When...
The different races of Hooded Siskin makes it difficult to really know this species. I could not say that the birds we saw looked particularly orange. I would ...
Hi Gunnar, I spent three days at Machupicchu and Aquas Callientes, I saw many other birds but not Siskins. Do you think they might have been Olivaceus Siskins?...
John,where is the best location in Peru to observe Macaws in the wild? I was in Sydney Australia two years ago and we saw wild Sulfur- crested white Cockatoos...
Hi Henry, I think we've met on another list? I don't think I qualify to give opinions about Peru but I believe Puerto Maldonado is one of the places for...
NO Macaws in Lima, but feral populations of Canary-winged parakeety, Red-masked Parakeet, Pacific Parrotlet and Scarlet-fronted Parakeet. Only the latter is...
Gunnar Engblom
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Jan 19, 2003 12:59 pm
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Hi Norbert, Hab grade Deine Nachricht an BirdingPeru gelesen, die Sache mit den Woodquails bestaerkt mich in meiner Meinung, niemals nur gehoerte Arten zu...
Henry, In my opinion one of the best places in the world to see macaws is southeatern Peru. Tambopata and Manu. I personally prefer Tambopata where in a...
Is it possible to get Puna Tapaculo at Abra Malaga in September? In reports I never read it mentioned. In Ridgleys and Tudor something is written about this...
Puna tapaculo is resident - and stays the whole year in the Abra Malaga Polylepis woodland, and in the adjacent grassland. Even in periods with heavy snowfall...
"Fjeldså, Jon"
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Jan 22, 2003 9:47 am
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Thank you Pepe, Gunnar, guys, This clarifies the matter a little so its thumbs up for Peru! Hopefully I'll see some of you in about a month or so! It will be...
Puna Tapaculo is not uncommon in the bunch grass and Polylepis at the pass. Its song a raspy and long series of one note calls about 1-2 notes per second (from...
Norbert, I saw Puna Tapaculo both times I visited Abra Malaga in September 2002. It is quite easy to see and have never had to resort to using a tape. It often...
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Jan 22, 2003 4:58 pm
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Hello, Back in the U.S. and back in school after two sweet weeks in Peru. Like all good things, the days flew by and Peru is so birdy that years of birding...
Patrick ODonnell
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Jan 24, 2003 7:16 am
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Christmas Bird Count at 4900m (16.000 ft) in Lima There are over 1800 species of birds in Peru. More than 120 species are endemics, if likely future splits and...
I am a young man from Denmark, who currently have the pleasure of birding South America. Right now I am in Ecuador (having just had the pleasure of watching...
Rasmus and others The Birdwatching course for Peruvians over central Highway that I mentioned in the end of my last message includes i.e Bosque Unchog...
Hallo! Can anyone help me with the identification of this screech owl. It should be Otus centralis, Choco screech owl. My problem is, that I can`t find any ...
... should be ... any ... world" no Otus ... O. centralis is in the Ecuador field guide. Don't you have it, with those photos apparently taken in Ecuador? (see...
Hi group, At the moment I am in Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru. Yesterday I walked around in the area for some birding. Along a road from Puerto...
The form "centralis" is described by G.P. Hekstra in his highly controversial thesis "I don't give a hoot ...", A revision of the American Screech Owls (Otus;...
"Fjeldså, Jon"
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Jan 26, 2003 3:40 pm
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... no Otus ... Details on where the photos were taken might help! Paul...
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