Bird photography always needs fixed points to make good images and this whole day with the combination of one of the best high Andean lagoons near Cusco called Piuray where the birds are close to photograph and the Hummingbird Sanctuary where we can photograph several species of Hummingbirds at eye level help to obtain good images, in this last place we can make multiflashes to obtain better images, then before returning to Cusco we can photograph the torrent ducks in the place called Pachar also located in the sacred valley.
Today we will start early from Cusco city or Ollantaytambo town and drive to reach the Piuray lagoon, here we will find species such as Andean gulls, puna teals, yellow billed teals, andean teals, slate colored coot, common gallinule, burrowing owl, silvery greebe, brown bellied swallow,many colored rush tyrant,grenish yellow finch,plumbeus rail,spot winged pigeon,puna ibis,black faced ibis, then we continue to the sacred valley and visit the Yanahuara Hummingbird Sanctuary where we will see some species such as green and white hummingbird ,giant hummingbird,tiryan metaltail,sparkling violetear,shinning sunbeam,,sword billed hummingbird and other species around like creamy crested spinetail,chestnut breasted mountain finch, red crested cotinga etc.
In this place to get better pictures we will do multiflashes our tour guides know very well how to get great pictures.
After a good lunch we will go to Pachar where we will look for the Torrent duck, bearded mountaneer, before going back to Cusco or Ollantaytambo.
Sword billed hummingbird
Santuario de Picaflores
Shinning sunbeam
Santuario de Picaflores
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