Massive
thank you …. THANK YOU! . . . to everyone who has made a donation
either to birdlife international or to Chaskwasi-Manu. It is a real
thrill to see donations given. THANK YOU.
A
special thank you to John from Tesco's online banking service. His
anonymous donation, 'notarobot' is greatly appreciated! Thanks.
With
donations to Birdlife International, I can see names via the
JustGiving page. So many thanks to . . . .
Neil
Barry
Lizzy
Carolyn
Nick
Susan
Lise
Gary
Mark
and
Vivianne
who started the ball rolling
An
honours board of donors . . . now there's an idea! Thanks everyone.
xx
So
hello again! That is hello if you have been here before. If you are
new to my blog then please take your time to read and hopefully enjoy
it. Please follow me using the box to the right.
I
am still in Lima awaiting having the stitches removed from my lower
jaw. Lima is in chaos today with many roads closed for security.
Dentists is closed too and all because a few World leaders are in
town. At least Trump isn't here.
I
do so hope that you will enjoy following my adventures. You can
do so via this blog and also by my Biking Birder Facebook page and
Twitter feed. Also if you want to see all of the photographs I have
taken then please go to the Facebook pages linked below.
or
via my personal Facebook page :
I
am trying to raise money for two charities and obviously I would
love you to donate to them.
Please!
Birdlife
International
Please use this link to make a donation . . . and get yourself on the Honours Board!
Chaskwasi-Manu
Children's Project
Waders
and Wader Quest
Having
Spent five days birding at Los Pantanos
de Villa Nature Reserve,
south of Lima in Chorrillos, I really have an appreciation for that
fabulous group of birds one calls waders. So far there are eighteen
species of wader on my Green Birding – Peru 2018 list and only one
specie, Blackish Oystercatcher, has not been seen at Los Pantanos!
Seventeen species of wader at one reserve is just wonderful and so
helpful in my quest to see more birds than anyone ever by Green
means.
The
seventeen . . .
American
Oystercatcher Haematopus
palliatus
Back-necked
Stilts Himantopus
mexicanus
Peruvian
Thick-knee Burhinus
superciliaris
American
Golden Plover Pluvialis
dominica
Semipalmated
Plover Charadrius
semipalmatus
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Willet
Tringa
semipalmata
Whimbrel
Numenius
phaeopus
Lesser
Yellowlegs Tringa
flavipes
Greater
Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
and a comparison of both side by side . . .
Spotted
Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Least
sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated
sandpiper
Calidris pusilla
Pectoral
Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Ruddy
Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
(Almost forgot to get a photograph of that one for evidence!)
Amazing
to think that a few weeks ago, maybe fifty or so kilometres out at
sea, there would have been Red-necked Phalaropes from Shetland! Now
that would have been an incredible bird to see and to know that these
same birds that breed on Fetlar, Shetland, UK or on the Outer
Hebrides, will have been out at sea in Peru after such a long
migration is a great reason why one can love birds. They are amazing!
Wader seen elsewhere, Blackish Oystercatcher, was seen both at Miraflores pier, Lima and on the beach about a kilometre north of Los Pantanos de Villa.
So
the list has some unexpected and perfectly welcome additions thanks
to Los Pantanos de Villa. All of this wader focus makes me think of
the wonderful charity that works tirelessly in helping waders . . .
Rick
and Elis Simpson run this fabulous charity and would appreciate any
donations or maybe for a fantastically low price one can become a
member. Their enamel badges are worth collecting too!
So thanks everyone. Please message me if you have any suggestions, comments or thoughts. Also PLEASE make a donation to either Chaskawasi_manu or Birdlife International.
Love to you all, Gary xx
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