Birds from Chile

[gringalais]

At Bixa's request :

Pelicans


Whimbrel


Hummingbird


Black Oystercatcher


And just because, a lizard, I forget the exact name, I think it starts with a C:

[imec]

Pelicans are just about my favorite bird. They fly so gracefully - and in formation. We see them on the river every day at this time of year. I love how the image of your Whimbrel is so faint. When I was 13/14 I played guitar in a band. We picked our name by opening up an encyclopaedia and picking a word - we picked Whimbrel - it was a long time ago and the memory is almost as faint as the Whimbrel in your photo. Thanks for this.

(love the lizard too!)

[bixaorellana]

This is so great, Gringalais! Are the birds all from one part of the coast? The coastline is so rocky!

The hummingbird seems so large for a hummer -- is it?

That lizard picture is out of this world. What a superior composition -- thanks for including it.

[gringalais]

These pictures are all from a trip we took to the north. It is the 3rd region, mostly Pan de Azúcar National Park and the towns of Caldera and Bahía Inglesa. It is really a hummingbird, I believe it is called a giant hummingbird.

[bixaorellana]

Thank you, G. I realized that I phrased that hummingbird question poorly. I didn't mean for it to sound as though I was questioning your identification. I really was asking if it was an exceptionally big hummingbird. The fact that it's called a "giant hummingbird" answers that question.

[gringalais]

No problem. I looked it up and it is called the picaflor gigante.

www.avesdechile.cl/ is the best I have found for info on birds in Chile.

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I love the oystercatcher. Used to see many of them off the coast of South Carolina at Folly Beach. Splendid shots gringlais,thank you!