Peru: Cuzco and Manu Reserve rain forest

[mr.sharp-photo]

I'm going to not be lazy and toss up some photos from our November trip to Peru.


scarlet macaw by mr.sharp-photo, on Flickr


Little woodstar? by mr.sharp-photo, on Flickr

[thouc]

Beautiful!

[mr.sharp-photo]

Beautiful!

many more to come. thanks!

[Pat Hodgson]

You were not anywhere near the range of little woodstar.  White-bellied woodstar female seems much more likely.  Nice photo.

[mr.sharp-photo]

You were not anywhere near the range of little woodstar.  White-bellied woodstar female seems much more likely.  Nice photo.

thanks. i don't have a resource for S American birds, so its hard to identify them.

[mr.sharp-photo]

DSC_3458 by mr.sharp-photo, on Flickr

DSC_3348 by mr.sharp-photo, on Flickr

DSC_3335 by mr.sharp-photo, on Flickr

DSC_3334 by mr.sharp-photo, on Flickr

DSC_3314 by mr.sharp-photo, on Flickr

DSC_3220 by mr.sharp-photo, on Flickr

DSC_2873 by mr.sharp-photo, on Flickr

DSC_2457 by mr.sharp-photo, on Flickr

[mr.sharp-photo]

Horned screamer by mr.sharp-photo, on Flickr


DSC_4213 by mr.sharp-photo, on Flickr


Wilson by mr.sharp-photo, on Flickr


Red-capped cardinal by mr.sharp-photo, on Flickr


Wilson by mr.sharp-photo, on Flickr


DSC_3934 by mr.sharp-photo, on Flickr


DSC_3876 by mr.sharp-photo, on Flickr

[Pat Hodgson]

If you can get to the Toronto Reference Library, they have the Birds of Peru as a reference book.
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM2433507&R=2433507

3458: Andean cock-of-the-rock
3348:  cinnamon flycatcher
3334,5: white-bellied h'bird?
3314: chestnut-breasted coronet
3220: ? same as 3334?
2873: masked flowerpiercer
2457: black-throated flowerpiercer
4213: snowy egret
Wilson: hoatzin
3934: black skimmer
3876: large-billed tern

[mr.sharp-photo]

DSC_4460 by mr.sharp-photo, on Flickr


DSC_4410 by mr.sharp-photo, on Flickr

[Pat Hodgson]

1st one here is sapphire-spangled emerald, 2nd is sort of ratty female or immature that I usually ignore because it is very hard to know what it is

[Pat Hodgson]

I now think 3335 is a green-and-white h'bird, very similar to white-bellied but undertail is better for g&w
no idea on 3220 if it is different bird

[Dinusaur]

Wow, what an experience and the picture qualities are fantastic. How about your photography gear - what did you take with you? It's a long haul.

[mr.sharp-photo]

Wow, what an experience and the picture qualities are fantastic. How about your photography gear - what did you take with you? It's a long haul.

the experience was great.
2 days in Cuzco, 5 days hike on the Salkantay trail to Machu Picchu, then off to Manu park for a week (including 3 days in the reserved zone), then 1 day in Lima.

we took 3 lenses, i think.
50 mm
80-400 mm
and a wide-angle (30-80 mm i think)

took our d700, iPod and a film camera. 2 backpacks - 1 for a day pack, 1 that was 90% for camera gear