Photo Galleries: Peru, Manu Part I 2008 Robert (Spike) Baker
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Peru Manu Part I: The Cloud Forest and Foothills
Call it the year of the hummingbird. We identified 39 species of hummingbirds on this trip, including several we haven't seen for years. Two, in particular, were the lovely little Rufous-capped Thornbill and the Rufous-webbed Brilliant, the latter coming to a feeder a few times at the Hacienda Amazonia. Neither is seen frequently. Then there were the colorful or boldly-patterned ones such as Collared Inca, Long-tailed Sylph, Mountain Velvetbreast, Gould's Jewelfront (now a regular at ... Read More