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April
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Chaclacayo
Out
early to try and get birding before the heat of the day, I am soon
down by the river and heading downstream. Form atop the hill
yesterday I noticed a well appointed housing estate for the well to
do with a pond in the middle and so my aim is to search around there.
That
plan is scuppered by security guards who say Privado and so I walk
along the river's edge on the north side.
Croaking Ground Doves are
very common here and five Great Egrets fly to the other side of the
river. Scarlet red Vermilion Flycatchers and Bananaquits are in the
trees, as is a Parrot-billed Seedeater, new for the Green Bird list
and a male Collared Warbling Finch. Good looking birds the latter but
difficult to photograph in the foliage.
Birds
are few and far between in the shrubby vegetation and tall reeds of
the riverside, other than Tropical Kingbirds, Vermilion Flycatchers
and the 'seem to be everywhere' Croaking Ground Doves. The latter are
such charming tiny doves and are becoming a favourite of mine.
A
stop for a drink and snack allows a new bird to go onto the list as a
family party of four Hooded Siskins land nearby.
At
the western end of where I can access the riverside there are banana
plantations, the trees looking so small compared to the size of the
same in the Manu buffer zone. With a lack of birds I content myself
with watching and photographing butterflies.
Back
along the river to the initial bridge, I watch as workers load a
lorry with boulders. Then it is back to the hostel and with the time
being 2:00 p.m. It is time for an afternoon siesta.
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