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11 Dec 2011

Yanacocha Reserve

At this time of the day the sun is high in the sky and should have warmed up the landscape. Instead the clouds are flowing thick and moist, filtering out most…

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8 Dec 2011

White-chinned Jacamar (Galbula tombacea)

If you don't see this bird, you will definitely hear it. White-chinned jacamar (Galbula tombacea) sounds are simply amazing and unmistakable! It sounds like…

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3 Dec 2011

Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus)

the swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus) were in various stages of breeding and it ranged from incubating eggs to roaming chicks.

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3 Dec 2011

Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus)

As with the other birds species on the beach of Genovesa, the swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus) is not at all disturbed by the humans visiting - it seems…

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3 Dec 2011

Swallow-tailed Gull (Creagrus furcatus)

The only beach on Genovesa has quite a few Swallow-tailed gulls among the Boobies and Fregate birds. The striking red eye-ring is hyptnotizing and the gulls…

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29 Nov 2011

Hypericum laricifolium

Compared to all the European species of hypericum the hypericum laricifolium is a very large plant, and I didn't even see the resemblance. The spiral…

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