No blog posts for a while I'm afraid as my camera took a nasty plunge into Rio Escanela in the Sierra Gorda. Nevermind...I'm back up and running for a while at least, having borrowed a friends camera and found myself on a Cricket tour to Lima, Peru.
Arrived yesterday evening, and took advantage of a day off today to visit the fishing harbour of Pucusana, about 50km south of Lima. 'Big Phil' and I did the journey in a combi from Puente Primavera in south Lima. Straight to the fishing dock and we were amazed to see dozens of
Peruvian Pelicans walking around the fishermen, with
Belcher's Gulls and
Inca Terns in close proximity, looking for a free meal.
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| Inca Tern |
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| Peruvian Pelicans |
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| Peruvian Pelican |
A walk past the 'grotto' south of the port and to the cliffs nearby allowed us to look out on to the Pacific and immediately see more
Pelicans and
Inca Terns, as well as new species -
Red-legged Cormorant, Guanay Cormorant, Peruvian Booby, Blackish Oystercatcher and
Gray Gulls.
Better was to come, though, as Big Phil put up the huge shout of 'Penguin', and I turned in time to see a group of 4
Humboldt Penguins swimming out into the Ocean. This was the ultimate target bird here.
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| Humboldt Penguin |
Other birds along the shoreline here were
West Peruvian Doves, Ruddy Turnstones and
House Sparrows.
