10,000 Birds
APRIL 10, 2014
The Hornby’s storm-petrel ( Oceanodroma Hornbyi ) is a fairly common bird along the coast of Peru and Chile. There is no doubt they nest somewhere along the cost of Peru and Chile. Whether these are transient birds flying to the Andean Mountains to their breeding grounds or back, is yet to be determined.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 25, 2011
Undisturbed through thousands of generations by man or land predators, the birds accumulated piles of poop several meters thick and sat atop them with a proprietorial pride in huge colonies, breeding, feeding and creating even more guano. The poorly defined borders of the region were disputed by Chile and Bolivia.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 19, 2013
During the months of December, January, February, and March, the bird community along Florida’s east coast is similar to that along the coast of Central Peru and North-Central Chile. The composition of the bird community is remarkably similar in the region encompassing Central Peru to Central Chile. Photo: Jorge Novoa.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 24, 2013
The Surfbird outside of the breeding season can be found along almost the entire Pacific Coast of the Americas, from southeastern Alaska all the way to Tierra del Fuego in southern Chile. In breeding season, Surfbird is found in mountain ranges scattered throughout Alaska and the Yukon Territory 1.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2014
Frigatebirds don’t occur in the cold waters of the coast of Peru and Chile, but Band-tailed Gulls (Larus belcheri) have developed similar strategy. Instead of hovering, some gulls have set up territories within breeding colonies of Humboldt seabirds. And the story repeats itself multiple times during the day.
10,000 Birds
MAY 18, 2012
When they are not getting ready to breed they are a pretty bland brown-and-white bird. Actitus macularius , as spotties are known to the scientific set, are widespread across North America and winter across Central and South America, even as far south as Chile. They are, of course, spotted, but only in alternate plumage.
10,000 Birds
JULY 5, 2014
The nominate is found to the west in Chile with a separate population in NW Peru. It prefers large waters and coasts during the non-breeding season, but seeks out wooded, well vegetated lakes and marshes for breeding. From southern Brazil on the east coast, it extends down through Uruguay and Argentina as far as the cape.
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