TonyQ: Big Year 2023

[TonyQ]

353.C.9 Austral Thrush  Turdus falcklandii   

(I think M) Parque Bicentenario, Santiago           07/11/2023

(I think F) Parque Bicentenario, Santiago           07/11/2023

Commonly seen

[TonyQ]

354.C.10 Chilean Mockingbird  Mimus thenca           

Parque Bicentenario, Santiago           07/11/2023

[TonyQ]

355.C.11 Shiny Cowbird  Molothrus bonariensis

(F) Parque Bicentenario, Santiago     07/11/2023

 You can see shiny", (M) Yerba Loca, Andes Foothills        08/11/2023

[TonyQ]

356.C.12 Yellow-winged Blackbird  Agelasticus thilius  

(M) Parque Bicentenario, Santiago           07/11/2023

(F) Parque Bicentenario, Santiago           07/11/2023

It took us quite a while to identify this as the female!

 

[TonyQ]

357.C.13 Rufous-collared Sparrow  Zonotrichia capensis         

Parque Bicentenario, Santiago           07/11/2023

Showing the crest, Parque Bicentenario, Santiago           07/11/2023

This was very common in pretty well all of the places we visited. Even we managed to recognise the song. The markings on the head do vary quite a lot depending on the location in the country.

[TonyQ]

And the last for this day,

358.C.14 Rufous-tailed Plantcutter  Phytotoma rara     

(M) Parque Bicentenario, Santiago    07/11/2023

(F) Algarobbo, nr Valparaiso  10/11/2023

[Galana]

A good start. looking forward to more and the TR.

[michael-ibk]

Great start with really beautiful photos Tony - especially like the Tit-Tyrant, that´s a really cool bird.

[xelas]

Chilean birds must be a novelty for Big Year thread. Lovely birds and photos!

[PeterHG]

Beautiful photos and interesting birds from Chile, Tony!

[BRACQUENE]

Great pictures from Chili Tony ! 

[TonyQ]

@Galanathank you - https://www.safaritalk.net/topic/22670-chile-2023-puma-mountains-and-much-more…/

@michael-ibk@BRACQUENE @PeterHG      thank you

@xelasthank you - they probably are the first birds in the Big Year

 

A few more. We did 4 days of guided birding with an excellent guide - Cristian Pinto Fernandez.

Our first day headed in to foothills of the Andes

 

359.C.15 Black-winged Ground Dove  Metriopelia melanoptera   

Valle Nevado, Chile    08/11/2023

 

 

[TonyQ]

360.C.16 Austral Blackbird  Curaeus curaeus           

Valle Nevado, Chile    08/11/2023     

[TonyQ]

361.C.17 Harris's Hawk  Parabuteo unicinctus           

 

[TonyQ]

362.C.18 Variable Hawk  Geranoaetus polyosoma      

Very high, Valle Nevado, Chile    08/11/2023

[TonyQ]

363.C.19 Giant Hummingbird  Patagona gigas           

My first ever hummingbird!, Valle Nevado, Chile    08/11/2023     

[TonyQ]

364.C.20 Mourning Sierra-Finch  Rhopospina fruticeti

(F) Valle Nevado, Chile    08/11/2023

(M) Valle Nevado, Chile    08/11/2023

There are quite a lot of different Sierra-Finches in Chile

[TonyQ]

365.C.21 Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant  Agriornis montanus       

Valle Nevado, Chile    08/11/2023

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366.C.22 White-crested Elaenia  Elaenia albiceps           

Fairly distant, Valle Nevado, Chile    08/11/2023

[TonyQ]

367.C.23 Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle  Geranoaetus melanoleucus   

Again very high, carrying a "kill", Valle Nevado, Chile    08/11/2023

We found this interesting as the tail "design" seems similar to the Bateleur -  very short. The Juvenile has a bigger tail (as does the Bateleur)

[TonyQ]

368.C.24 Austral Pygmy-Owl  Glaucidium nana           

Valle Nevado, Chile    08/11/2023

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369.C.25 Band-tailed Sierra-Finch  Rhopospina alaudina          

Valle Nevado, Chile    08/11/2023

[TonyQ]

370.C.26         Lesser/Magellanic Horned Owl  Bubo magellanicus    

I like this photo even though you cannot see all of the bird, Valle Nevado, Chile    08/11/2023

A clearer view, Torres del Paine         16.11.2023

[Peter Connan]

Beautiful!

[Zim Girl]

Love the first owl picture - all focus on that eye!