This is not long after takoff, looking SW toward the Pacific Coast.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LVNlMlCK61QZ63d3PrpcXrzlaMonycfCESICASVMfkGeAz4dVSwo1X7uxXKoTuboPauHu66-wyHbtReAaP28MhyphenhyphenU517SyY92PKoTwUPNUNa-MOq_hNeY4Jg7N_737zpLunMVb2mMYNKC/s200/View+from+plane.jpg)
Our first birding stop east of Cusco at Laguna Huacarpay. Here we had Wren-like Rushbird and Many-colored Rush-Tyrant. Easy names to get wrong by accident. I think I had a Tyrant-Like Head-Rush after seeing them.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7GOFoYMvv0j73x6532NZOh6pw1THip7nNsWBIemL5rK8BhqS1tH1-9DpfUPlQkjBm0YQSeiCVC13E8Hm-zxu2fln80irxyF1GgFKBqPSHFYy2hQlCM-6A1fLJn-G5Fwo7wFOR9_v57IN/s200/Group+at+Huacarpay+Lake.jpg)
We had much better views of Plumbeous Rail than this.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQoRRZDh51pB2zSflncNP6ogzBli7Yu1vFmPTbWUZRtJkIvWVwT3p_6PMQKQULoeTdULWkiz3BtsEr6L4Bm85I0hneWG4K6Cb0vBFXZ65NZlgquMKSDKKaov0YmSu2mHId1LUunFZJ6d9u/s200/Plumbeous+Rail.jpg)
Slate-colored Coot from the same spot.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHFtZfg5g6954ZiVR81Xv12upyyXWXG_MSS-vbG6xljH8oHb5ohf5UeX-TJAE_KLOWl1YNfPvfOVZtBoHn-hufM_jE6I5gY6qGCDjCREZDzepmfJFquYPO39nP3mMrWS1-nfLV_Ns1hwF/s200/Slate-colored+Coot.jpg)
Wildflowers in the tundra-like vegetation on the lake shore.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfRHRslUU3iXNZixvVb-diHHUpvtb4nSrS6pfP05Y64MPVeaS9bKlhG9IC29Bfc5simb2DeTfQsIx_B07j2sx3TwcA478jaH1kIzxm1BmMqaKSxA9JT_ihfm1VAra46r4337_pNPhsXwG/s200/Tundra+wildflowers.jpg)
Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant in the short grass along the road.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3H26biIg7mNI178UPhqg9y1sDz37cOl8u-lItpFh7kOgQmWxHSPwar5sovytIFHUPcPj11kzE55twdtBb9SQ3Ab_BvwRqByib8A-yRBFmlo5WR0zShESgKKRGgE3VIv7dSKpl79SagnY6/s200/Rufous-naped+Ground-Tyrant.jpg)
This Bearded Mountaineer, a fabulous endemic hummingbird, was in a weedy row of Tree Tabacco. The iridescent green gorget is tipped in violet.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGbaExJO5QmMtcadGVndms8gs086r6XApj7E0Dr3Jt56_2EoU77IU3cTVIl92DZgE2hUiKSfB5HP2gs8q_7PxM4eqskScWCLDKVB9DMLpgiQoSn6FzMLitSpx0LIEUBxGXvSXXTMKIBZ2/s200/Bearded+Mountaineer.jpg)
We had a picnic lunch in the shade of some eucalyptus nearby.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTIwUjjB_EE936l3IUZJVlu0JRtlKROIE0aWa8lCo-DkHNBclbepm4msaKGw71A22ZAtQhyIki_73n_LGBCTcSlsLDa3fmkTo64ST1vaDTiCUjDKCQV_z9vevZsrJ76k_YK1RnVg7YZhP/s200/Picnic+LUnch.jpg)
Then another fantastic hummingbird, the Giant Hummingbird. Largest in the world.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCTyU6dHZLTjFhM93moup8Nk1spX7J9POGofsKbqzx48FPjnHsRom7nGc7gcgOYIqOlWUFvmP_iMIEysr9SR-uJR0fNnVwgsFmDKYyBVEVxmOJiJ8457vB8M9eOS007bF1Eyyh0CsAO8gT/s200/Giant+Hummingbird.jpg)
Late in the afternoon we arrived at this gorgeous hotel near Urubamba, Valle Sagrado Lodge.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5LVNlMlCK61QZ63d3PrpcXrzlaMonycfCESICASVMfkGeAz4dVSwo1X7uxXKoTuboPauHu66-wyHbtReAaP28MhyphenhyphenU517SyY92PKoTwUPNUNa-MOq_hNeY4Jg7N_737zpLunMVb2mMYNKC/s200/View+from+plane.jpg)
Our first birding stop east of Cusco at Laguna Huacarpay. Here we had Wren-like Rushbird and Many-colored Rush-Tyrant. Easy names to get wrong by accident. I think I had a Tyrant-Like Head-Rush after seeing them.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7GOFoYMvv0j73x6532NZOh6pw1THip7nNsWBIemL5rK8BhqS1tH1-9DpfUPlQkjBm0YQSeiCVC13E8Hm-zxu2fln80irxyF1GgFKBqPSHFYy2hQlCM-6A1fLJn-G5Fwo7wFOR9_v57IN/s200/Group+at+Huacarpay+Lake.jpg)
We had much better views of Plumbeous Rail than this.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQoRRZDh51pB2zSflncNP6ogzBli7Yu1vFmPTbWUZRtJkIvWVwT3p_6PMQKQULoeTdULWkiz3BtsEr6L4Bm85I0hneWG4K6Cb0vBFXZ65NZlgquMKSDKKaov0YmSu2mHId1LUunFZJ6d9u/s200/Plumbeous+Rail.jpg)
Slate-colored Coot from the same spot.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHFtZfg5g6954ZiVR81Xv12upyyXWXG_MSS-vbG6xljH8oHb5ohf5UeX-TJAE_KLOWl1YNfPvfOVZtBoHn-hufM_jE6I5gY6qGCDjCREZDzepmfJFquYPO39nP3mMrWS1-nfLV_Ns1hwF/s200/Slate-colored+Coot.jpg)
Wildflowers in the tundra-like vegetation on the lake shore.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfRHRslUU3iXNZixvVb-diHHUpvtb4nSrS6pfP05Y64MPVeaS9bKlhG9IC29Bfc5simb2DeTfQsIx_B07j2sx3TwcA478jaH1kIzxm1BmMqaKSxA9JT_ihfm1VAra46r4337_pNPhsXwG/s200/Tundra+wildflowers.jpg)
Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant in the short grass along the road.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3H26biIg7mNI178UPhqg9y1sDz37cOl8u-lItpFh7kOgQmWxHSPwar5sovytIFHUPcPj11kzE55twdtBb9SQ3Ab_BvwRqByib8A-yRBFmlo5WR0zShESgKKRGgE3VIv7dSKpl79SagnY6/s200/Rufous-naped+Ground-Tyrant.jpg)
This Bearded Mountaineer, a fabulous endemic hummingbird, was in a weedy row of Tree Tabacco. The iridescent green gorget is tipped in violet.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGbaExJO5QmMtcadGVndms8gs086r6XApj7E0Dr3Jt56_2EoU77IU3cTVIl92DZgE2hUiKSfB5HP2gs8q_7PxM4eqskScWCLDKVB9DMLpgiQoSn6FzMLitSpx0LIEUBxGXvSXXTMKIBZ2/s200/Bearded+Mountaineer.jpg)
We had a picnic lunch in the shade of some eucalyptus nearby.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTIwUjjB_EE936l3IUZJVlu0JRtlKROIE0aWa8lCo-DkHNBclbepm4msaKGw71A22ZAtQhyIki_73n_LGBCTcSlsLDa3fmkTo64ST1vaDTiCUjDKCQV_z9vevZsrJ76k_YK1RnVg7YZhP/s200/Picnic+LUnch.jpg)
Then another fantastic hummingbird, the Giant Hummingbird. Largest in the world.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCTyU6dHZLTjFhM93moup8Nk1spX7J9POGofsKbqzx48FPjnHsRom7nGc7gcgOYIqOlWUFvmP_iMIEysr9SR-uJR0fNnVwgsFmDKYyBVEVxmOJiJ8457vB8M9eOS007bF1Eyyh0CsAO8gT/s200/Giant+Hummingbird.jpg)
Late in the afternoon we arrived at this gorgeous hotel near Urubamba, Valle Sagrado Lodge.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuFWLyyzJ_-fnln5hmtXI0E2mDiJCimGZyzZA5XYESNEFuQm7nLMNry2qtSBjmGbgtjdAKfTnIweqfxu1OHUkGhYWv5EI8YMOPtofTBjSGAB3sxfUHTRDcwwpxrVFKAyAmxb0AWuevYFsC/s200/Valle+Sagrado+Lodge.jpg)
Tomorrow: Machu Picchu.
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