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Condors, Penguins & Pumas
TRIP REPORT October 10 - 20, 2022

Trip Report & Species List (6.25 mb pdf)>

Highlights and top sightings as voted by participants:

•Pumas! •The intimate setting with the Pumas! •King Penguins •Magellanic Penguins/Los Pinguinos •Humboldt Penguin •The Andean Condor show! •Torres del Paine scenery •Thorn-tailed Rayadito •Big Hairy Armadillo! •Magellanic Woodpecker •Magellanic Plover •Torrent Duck •White-bridled Finch •Sharp-billed Canastero •Black-browed Albatross •Snowy Sheathbill •Austral Pygmy Owl •Aplomado Falcon •Magellanic Snipe •Tawny-throated Dotterel •Least Seedsnipe •Chilean Skua •Cinereous Harrier •White-chinned Petrel

•ALL of the Geese: Ruddy-headed, Kelp, Upland, Ashy-headed •Elegant Crested Tinamou •The Southern Giant Petrel show •Long-tailed Meadowlark •Black-faced Ibis •Darwin's Rheas •Chocolate-vented Ground Tyrants •Giant Hummingbird (pre-trip) •Dolphin Gull •Humboldt's Hog-nosed Skunk •Two-banded Plover •Flightless Steamer Duck •Flying Steamer Duck •Chilean Flamingo •Great Grebe •Austral Parakeet •Coscoroba Swan •Silver Teal •Rufous-chested Plover •Spectacled Tyrant •Magellanic Oystercatcher •Correndera Pipit •Lesser Horned Owl •White-throated Treerunner •The camaraderie of the group