Spotted Tody Flycatcher

Photographed at Inkaterra's Reserva Amazonica lodge, near Puerto Maldonado, Peru

Greater Yellow-headed Vulture

Agouti, Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica, Peru

I think this is a Central American Agouti, but if you know better, please let me know...

Blackbird on Waxwing apples

Waxwings & apples

First outing with the Canon 60D. Seems to work pretty well with the 300mm Canon lens. These were photographed at a traditional Waxwing garden with very friendly owners in Werrington, Peterborough.

Great Black Hawk

Cool micro moth from Peru

Juvenile Many-coloured Rush Tyrant

Pantanos de Villa, Lima

Birds at Pantanos de Villa, Lima

Baby American Oystercatcher

Blue-black Grassquit

Franklin's Gulls (elegant Terns in background)

Elegant Terns

Black Skimmer with Franklin's Gulls and Elegant Terns

A tired Franklin's Gull visits Fernando Angulo's hand

Peruvian Thick-kneee

Pantanos de Villa, Lima

Inca Terns, Lima

Surely one of the finest looking seabirds, Inca Terns were high on my list of target species in Peru, especially as we were staying in Lima on the first couple of nights, a known good place to see them. There is a little colony on a pier occupied by a restaurant which may be called La Rosa Nautica (my memory for restuarant names is v poor). Anyhow, the managaement of the restaurant (or rather the bouncers outside) had a weird attitude, reluctantly letting us photograph the terns, but banning the use of tripods. I reckon they should rebrand the restaurant and use the Inca Terns as their unique selling point, encouraging all tourists to come and see the wonderful birds and stop for a drink and a meal... In the last phot of the pier, uyou can just about make out the dots of terns on the scaffolding below.

Baby Spectacled Bear, Machu Picchu

Squirrel Monkeys

Squirrel Monkeys are very cute!

Inca Tern battle, Lima

Agami Heron, Sandoval Lake, Peru

Arguably, the world's most lovely heron.

Giant River Otters, Sandoval Lake, Peru

Part of a family of seven we followed in a canoe for some time as they chased and caught piranhas etc. Absolutely wonderful experience. Unfortunately the IS on my 300mm lens had clapped out the previous day, so the shots are not as good as they could have been. Still, happy days...

Curl-crested Aracari

Taken on the canopy walkway of the Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica, Puerto Maldonado, Peru. Not bad for digiscoping, eh?