http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/ Birding Peru Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:26:46 GMT Falco Femoralis http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7156 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7156 Hi Gunnar and all 3 months ago I submitted an article to Cotinga (coauthored by Segundo Crespo, Fernando Angulo and Eduardo Ormaeche) reporting the sightings Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:35:18 GMT Tor Egil Hÿfffff8gsÿffffe5s http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7155 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7155 Hi, Not a bird topic but quite interesting though. In the aymara culture you have the Pishtacos locally called "saca sevos" as well. There is a considerable Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:17:04 GMT Gunnar Engblom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7154 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7154 Hi Many of you have probably seen the news about the arrests of supposed Pishtacos yesterday. Check this article from World War 4 (sceptical) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:56:52 GMT Pepe Rojas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7153 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7153 Roger, I have seen it several times in the area around Puerto Maldonado. The most recent sight was this year around the Infierno road with John Rowlett. All Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:23:09 GMT eduardo ormaeche merino http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7152 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7152 Hi Gunnar I have seen the bird near the Ecuadorian border as well. Renzo Piana have recorded and photographed Gray Hawk in Tumbes too. He is doing a research Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:20:44 GMT Manuel Plenge http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7151 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7151 Roger, From my notes herewith the previous records, non of them published. Letter from Derek A. Scott to Manuel A. Plenge on 16 October 1981. 1 flew lazily Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:55:38 GMT roger ahlman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7150 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7150 Fellow Birders I am just writing my trip report from SE Peru and noticed that, according to Birds of Peru, there is only one record of Southern Lapwing from Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:32:18 GMT Gunnar Engblom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7149 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7149 Hi all I photographed this bird, which I suppose is a Gray Hawk, from Tumbes in Jun 2008. It is not mentioned to occur in W Peru in Schuleberg et al. We also Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:23:29 GMT seawatcheruk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7148 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7148 Having no knowledge of what species records might be of interest from Oconal Lagoon can somebody comment on these sightings: Gull-billed Tern - 1 adult basic Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:00:53 GMT amazonia12001 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7147 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7147 Dear All. White cheeked Pintail seen at Huaypo Lake November 18 2009 close to Chinchero in the Sacred Valley Cusco 3500 meters high. I took a picture maybe 300 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:58:18 GMT amazonia12001 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7146 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7146 Dear All. Red crested Finch male seen on Amazonia Lodge on the Manu Biosphere Reserve November 11,12,13 2009 it was moving on the ground and short trees and Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:13:56 GMT ae http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7145 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7145 Hola A finales de agosto fotografíe el pájaro de las fotos en Trujillo y no consigo dentificarlo. ¿Me podeís echar una mano? Tenía el tamaño de un zorzal Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:15:37 GMT jhonson vizcarra http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7144 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7144 Estimados amigos; el es pasado observe esta ave anidando en una torre de alta tension ubicado dentro de un campo agricola en el Valle de Sama, Tacna a 490 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:22:34 GMT ProAvesPer? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7143 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7143 Rosales B., M., & Tovar S., H. 1998. An?lisis y Alternativas de Control en la comercializaci?n de los Pssitacidos del Noroeste del Per?. Bolet?n de Lima, Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:16:30 GMT roger ahlman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7142 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Birdingperu/message/7142 Hi Tom "Submitting a report to the relevant birds record committee also should be EXPECTED." Sound fine to me, in this case we talk about CRAP. How do we do