Some random Peru bird pics

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Stunning. I'm glad you explained what they were as I'd have just assumed some sort of small fungi (at least the 3rd shot!)

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Cracking set Bill. We've had a few in the garden recently - maybe a sign of harsher weather to come?

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Excellent set Bill. No sign of the 4 Shorelarks that have been in the same area for the last few weeks? According to one of the locals they were still...

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Excellent shots Ron whatever the problems. Reminds me I need to try and catch up with them soon. Not tempted by the long-staying Shorelarks and (100+)...

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Hope so as it's my birthday - even if most of the day will be spent in the kitchen!!

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Thanks. All new to me too (apart from the American Kestrel) despite 5 or 6 previous visits to central/South America.

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Thanks. There will probably a few more (I've still got around 10k pics to review/cull/process including some interesting hummingbirds).

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You might think so but apart from a couple of days in the Amazonian foothills we experienced virtually no bugs!

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Thanks Ron - plenty more to go through and keep me busy during those dark winter evenings. We're currently waiting for the guide we used to come up with...

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Thanks Mark - and a Happy Christmas to you too.

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Thanks. They were new to me - we especially arranged to spend our first day in Lima mainly to see these birds before flying north to start our trip "proper"....

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Thanks Jeff - and best seasonal greetings to you and yours. Perhaps Santa will bring some decent light to enjoy!

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Nearly a month since getting home from a 3 week trip around Northern Peru but only a few days into culling/processing my photos - and with the issues...

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Another vote for the Peak Design - I have the wider version for use on my big white with both connectors fitted on the lens foot. I also have the narrower...

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Jeff, from my albeit limited experience the 1.4x TC barely degrades performance and I had it more or less permanently attached to the 300mm when that...

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Every time I see your excellent Kruger pictures (and read some of the stories behind them) I think maybe we ought to curb our current obsession with Central/South...