Birding and Nature at Peru’s Lomas de Lachay Lomas the Lachay (Lachay Hills) National Reserve is an oasis in the lifeless Atacama Desert. For birding enthusiasts, naturalists, or anyone who wishes to spend a day at a unique nature site in Peru, Lomas Lachay is a must-visit. Lomas de Lachay undergoes dramatic changes ranging from […]
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Like the color of the soil on which they live: The birds of Peru’s coastal Desert. When thinking of birding overseas, Peru is in almost everyone’s to-do list. The mention of birding in Peru evokes a vision of lots of brightly colored and bizarre tropical birds. Parrots and macaws on a clay lick, cotingas, manakins,
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The Humboldt Penguin recovers along Peru’s Coast Penguins evoke emotions in most people. They look very different from other birds. Penguins stand straight, are flightless, waddle when they walk, have smooth coats that look like fur, and fly under water; literally. Penguins use the same mechanics to fly underwater as that used by other birds
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Local Birder Puzzled by an Oilbird in Cusco An Oilbird (Steatornis caripensis) was seen and photographed perched on a utility wire on a street in the city of Cusco. Juan Cardenas who is a local birder, made this rare discovery. This vagrant Oilbird was in plain view, and to judge from the photo above, it
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Spectacled Bears Seen Near Machu Picchu! Growing up, the mention of a Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) would bring to mind images of a terribly sad and bored animal confined to a circus cage. Spectacled bears at a circus or at the local zoo is what most of us knew about this charismatic shaggy-furred animal. And
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Northern Peru Birding: Morro de Calzada Morro de Calzada is a small reserve (Morro is spanish for Hill) centered on an isolated hill above the flat plains around Rioja and Moyobamba. It is a popular weekend destination for locals where visitors hike a well-maintained trail that reaches the top of the Morro (Spanish for hill).
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The Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve The Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve has come a long way. From the time it was just a parcel along the Iquitos–Nauta Road to becoming a must-visit for birdwatchers and eco-travelers. I remember visiting with my friend Jose (Pepe) Alvarez every time I was in Iquitos. We would spend whole afternoons talking about Allpahuayo-Mishana’s unique birds,
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The results are in! The winner of the world’s first birding competition – The Birding Rally Challenge – was the LSU-Louisiana Tigrisomas Team from USA, with 493 birds observed. It was followed by UK’s Forest Falcons (490 species), USA’s eBirders Cornell (413 species) and Brazil’s Ararajuba Team (396 birds). The species recorded by each team
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Twenty-four globally recognized birding experts representing the United States, South Africa, Brazil, the United Kingdom and Spain will compete in the first edition of “Birding Rally Challenge Peru 2012”, a unique competition in South America. The world’s first birding competition got underway in Peru last Thursday in the Amazon Jungle Region of Tambopata. This epic
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Caught on Camera Birdwatching has always been around. By some accounts, it had been in the last 20 years that birdwatching or Birding exploded in popularity. In fact, today, birding, is the second fastest growing hobby in North America, bested only by gardening. A whole new language has emerged along with it. Those in the know
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