The birds of Peru

Long-tailed Mockingbird, originally uploaded by Gavatron.

So, Heather and I are officially back from our three-week trip to Peru. Heath is starting classes this week and I started lecturing last Friday. In the meantime, I’m keeping busy by going through the 1600-odd photographs that I took while away. Here’s one.

This is a Long-tailed Mockingbird (Mimus longicaudatus), which was, on the Pacific Coast, the “everywhere” bird of the trip. Be it Lima or Tumbes, there were these scrub-loving birds around.