There was a long gap, but I am finally able to post some more pictures from Peru! Unfortunately, right after my last post, my computer broke and I was without for the rest of my trip. I am now back in the US and able to post-process photos.
Today I thought I would start off just with some shots from Wayqecha where I was working in the Cusco region of Peru. Our field site was at about 2900 meter elevation. The weather was very mild- 40s-70s usually and lots of fog. It rained anywhere from 1-4 days a week, but usually not for very long. There was a lot of dry lightning/thunder at night. My time at Wayqecha was broken up into 2 halves. The first half was July 17-Aug16. In that time I didn't ride in a car, walked a lot of steep paths, held a few hummingbirds and took a lot of photos. The following photos are from the first work half.
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| Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis) at an Oreocallis flower. These guys get their name from the patch of color on their back, usually a whole rainbow of color, this one only has a little purple on the butt. |
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| Andean lady (Vanessa altissima). These were the most abundant of the butterflies present. |
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| Rufous antpitta (Grallaria rufula). These birds are quite adorable. They hop around on the forest floor and have giant cartoon-like eyes. |
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| Rufous antpitta (Grallaria rufula) |
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| Some unknown pollinator- If anyone knows the name, please share! |
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| Blue-capped tanager (Thraupis cyanoephala) |
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| Andean silverspot (Dione glycera) |
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| A displaying pair of sparkling violetears (Colibri coruscans). I have a lot of pictures of this species- they are abundant at many different elevations. |
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| Amethyst-throated sunangel (Heliangelus amethysticollis). This is the territorial male who liked to monopolize the feeder by our tents. In my opinion one of the most beautiful hummingbirds in Peru. |
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| Shining sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis), aka Lola. This was one of our tagged hummingbirds- my favorite of the ones we tagged. |
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