Our list of sighted animals include:
flamingo- This one was dancing in the water to bring krill to the surface to eat.
vicuna-They are a wild camelid species that is protected by law.
vizcacha-They look kind of like a rabbit and are in the chinchilla family. We saw them on our cactus walk and on our geyser tour.
llama-These are domesticated, unlike the vicuna that are wild. We saw an untended small herd in the mountains.
I think we need help naming the birds we were able to take pictures of. Maybe Anne????
coot with longer legs than the birds we have here and some bird with a blue bill.
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Have been waiting with bated breath for the promised fauna page; thanks for not keeping me in suspense for too long. Nice pics!
ReplyDeleteThe ducks are Puna teal ... very nice clear photo made it easy to identify these ones.
Not quite sure about the other ones; hard to tell from the photo. Were they almost twice as big as the ducks? Any yellow on the bill? If yes and yes, my best guess is giant coot; this is the correct habitat for giant coot. But pics on internet show this bird as looking stockier than in your photo. For more accurate information, you should really have taken me with you.
Link to Puna teal pics: http://www.psiloswildlifephotography.co.uk/pages/birds/punateal.htm
Link to bird descriptions for Peru ... you can read up ahead of time if you have internet access:
http://www.andeanrain.com/bird-birdsperu.htm