Posted by Felipe on July 21, 2003 at 08:50:31:
Hey birders I'm back from my vacation in Chile. My results are great! Got many lifers! From the begging of the trip I started searching for birds. Got many Chimango Caracara and White-tailed Kites. Also got an uncommon White-necked Heron! Unfortunetely I didn't see my Peregrine Falcon. I got to got hunting with my older cousins for rabbits and hare. It was alot of fun. In total I saw 45 birds. When I go in summer to Chile I'll much more birds because of migrants. Here is my list. * are lifers!
Olivaceous Caormorant* (or Neotropic Cormorant)
Southern Lapwing
South American Snipe*
Plumbeous Rail
White-winged Coot*
White-necked Heron*
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Balck Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Chimango Caracara
White-tailed Kite
Austral Kestral
Rock Dove
Chilean Pigeon*
Eared Dove
Picui Ground-Dove
Austral Pygmy Owl*
Chilean Swallow
Green-backed Firecrown*
Common Miner*
Dark-bellied Cinclodes*
Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail*
House Wren
Chucao Tapaculo (heard)
Shiny Cowbird*
Austral Blackbird
Yellow-winged blackbird
Long-tailed Meadowlark
Austral Thrush
Rufous-backed Negrito*
White-crested Elaenia* (heard)
Fire-eyed Diucon
Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant*
Tufted Tit-Tyrant*
Rufous-talied Plantcutter*
Grassland Yellow-finch
House Sparrow
Rufous-collared Sparrow*
Grey-hooded Sierra-finch*
Band-tailed Sierra-Finch*
Black-chinned Siskin
Common Diuca-Finch
Chilean Tinamou
Calafornian Quail