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Birding Yanacocha and the Inca Ditch in October, 2006. pretty close to the place where we had rufous antpitta and heard undulated and tawny antpittas calling.
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Looking south from Yanacocha in October, 2006. Undulated antpittas calling from forest below trail
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Being gripped off by the black-breasted puffleg at Yanacocha, 2006.
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Lousy shot of a giant antpitta at Angel Paz's place. November, 2006.
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Lousy shot of a yellow-bellied antpitta at Angel Paz's place. November, 2006.
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Birding the lowland choco forest at Milpe, November 2006.
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Birding the lowland choco forest at Milpe, November 2006.
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Birding the old Nono-Mindo road, November 2006.
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Being gripped off by swallow-tailed nightjar on the old Nono-Mindo road, November 2006.
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Heading up to Papallacta Pass, November 2006. The scrub and grassland at this elevation provide habitat for tawny antpittas,
paramo pipits, andean tit-spinetails, carunculated caracaras, bar-winged and stout-billed
cinclodes, and Ecuadorian hillstars.
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At about 12,000 feet on Papallacta Pass, November 2006. Stumbling around in the mist looking for seedsnipe.
We did eventually come across a pair of birds about 100 meters below the radio antennae station.
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