Saturday, 13 October 2007

PERU (Central Sept / Oct 07): Pale-tailed & Many-striped Canasteros.


We took some time out from Huascaran to visit some arid cactus-covered hillsides near Yungay where we had seen Pale-tailed Canasteros in the past. This year we found them easier than ever before, performing well in the early morning sunlight, singing frequently. Spot-throated Hummingbird, Black-necked Woodpecker and Raimondi's Yellow-Finch were some of the endemics we saw today.




Back in Huascaran National Park, this Many-striped Canastero came in nicely to playback and sat up very close to our group. Not much else to say about this one really apart from the fact it complemented a nice series of Furnarid sightings for the tour that included the rare White-bellied Cinclodes.