Part 07/11 of Glenn Bartley's 3-month trip around Peru – I left the lowlands behind me and started the long journey back to Cusco. Before returning to civilization though I wanted to make one more stop. I felt like I had missed out on the birds in the higher elevations of the park so I decided to stop in at a lodge at about 2800m ASL to try for a few cloud-forest specialties.
Grass-green Tanager (Chlorornis riefferii) perched on a branch in Peru.
Hooded Mountain-Tanager (Buthraupis montana) perched on a branch in Peru.
The cloud-forests are home to a dazzling variety of beautiful tanagers.
Birds like the Scarlet-bellied and Hooded Mountain Tanagers, Grass-green Tanager and Golden-collared Tanager to name just a few.
Golden-collared Tanager (Iridosornis jelskii) perched on a branch in Peru.
These cloud forests of the Neotropical Andes are probably my favourite places on earth. So, for me, these few days were pure joy.
The trip to Machu Picchu involves traveling to Ollantaytambo and then onwards by train to Aguas Calientes. From here it is a short bus ride away to these most incredible Inca ruins. What a spectacular place to spend a day!
If you think that a bird photography adventure to Peru might interest you make sure to e-mail me to sign up for the wish list for my workshops that will begin in the fall of 2013.
Article written and images fully copyrighted by Glenn Bartley.
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