After many hectic weeks of hosting other families in NY, we finally took the opportunity to turn the tables, and went to visit friends in Peru. Home base was the La Molina district of Lima, a suburban habitat that included a golf course and gardens, not to mention relatively easy access to the coast. The principal garden birds seen daily were:
Long-tailed Mockingbird, Vermilion Flycatcher, Amazilia Hummingbird, House Wren, Scrub Blackbird, Shiny Cowbird, Black Vulture, Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet, American Kestrel, West Peruvian Dove, Tropical Kingbird and
Bananaquit. Slightly scarcer were
Pied-crested Tit-tyrant, Streaked Saltator, Saffron Finch and
Harris's Hawk, but best bird was a
Peruvian Pygmy-Owl perched on the power lines on the second morning.
The coast in Lima was quite easy to get to, with some great birds. The shingle beaches attract several gulls, including
Belcher's Gull and
Grey Gull, while feeding just offshore were many of both
Peruvian Booby and
Peruvian Pelican. Hundreds of
Neotropical Cormorants used the power lines to roost. A pier with a restaurant called La Rose Nautica had dozens of
Inca Terns and a pair of
Blackish Oystercatcher.
Peruvian Pygmy-Owl
Amazilia Hummingbird
Vermilion Flycatcher...
...the sooty morph is restricted to the Peruvian coast, and comprises about 25% of all the birds I saw.
Streaked Saltator
Pied-crested Tit-tyrant
Long-tailed Mockingbird
Southern Beardless-tyrannulet
Neotropical Cormorant
Belcher's Gull
Blackish Oystercatcher
Guayaquil squirrel
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