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Please use the options below to view photos from specific places or of particular creatures. Alternatively, scroll though the pictures using the arrows at the bottom of the page.
Welcome to Birdquest
Please use the options below to view photos from specific places or of particular creatures. Alternatively, scroll though the pictures using the arrows at the bottom of the page.
Gould's Jewelfront can be tricky to see in the Amazonian lowlands but is now easily viewed at the feeders of Amazonia Lodge. Photos by tour participant Jake Manson.
Male Wire-crested Thorntails are regular in the gardens of Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge. Photos by tour participant Jake Manson.
Both sexes of the Rufous-crested Coquette (a female pictured here) are among the many species of hummingbird regularly visiting the porterweed at Amazonia Lodge. Photos by tour participant Jake Manson.
The spectacle of the Blanquillo clay lick was excellent again this year with over 60 Red-and-green Macaws descending to the wall for the salt and minerals contained therein. Photos by tour participant Jake Manson.
Having the morning sun at your back makes the setting of the Blanquillo clay lick great for photography. Photos by tour participant Jake Manson.
Hoatzins are noisy and strange-looking birds are a common fixture at the edges of lowland oxbow lakes. Photos by tour participant Jake Manson.
One of the highlights of our journey up the Manu River are the large diurnal roosts of Sand-coloured Nighthawks resting on the driftwood trees. Photos by tour participant Jake Manson.
This Orange-backed Troupial perched in our canopy tree at Cocha Camungo for a long preen. Photos by tour participant Jake Manson.
After seeing a Lanceolated Monklet perched in some roadside trees, we were surprised to find this second invidual in the middle of the Manu cloud forest road. We did our best to place this injured bird out of harm's way. Photos by tour participant Jake Manson.
Andean Lapwings are a commonly seen bird in the highlands around Cusco. Photos by tour participant Jake Manson.