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  1. willito

    guides and pelagic trips central chile

    Hello James, my wife and me spent last New Year in Yerba Loca, volunteering for the so-called "proyecto Cóndor", a binational project (along with Argentina) aiming to reintroduce Andean condors born in captivity. Since this was not a full day task, we had time also to look for other species...
  2. willito

    guides and pelagic trips central chile

    Niels, I'm painfully sorry. I didn't see those were your pictures, I just thought they were from anywhere in the internet. My comment wasn't suppose to be arrogant, now I realize it really was though. I just wanted to show the better chances I had over there. Actually, as an absolute amateur...
  3. willito

    guides and pelagic trips central chile

    Hello, here some pictures from last weekend taken here: S29 33 06.2 W71 18 58.5, 208 masl - Tapaculo - Tinamou - Miner
  4. willito

    guides and pelagic trips central chile

    Hello, Inca tern, seaside cinclodes (endemic) and rufous-chested dotterel are not hard to be seen in Viña del Mar, not only in Concón. I would definitely suggest to visit Mantagua, which is the wetland on the North side of the Aconcagua estuary. Last time I was there in winter we were able to...
  5. willito

    guides and pelagic trips central chile

    Hello, tonight I'll upload the pictures I got in La Serena. They are TBH better than those links njlarsen posted. A couple of additional tips regarding guides and voices: - The most complete bird guides I know (and use regularly) for Chilean birds: - "Birds of Chile", by Alvaro Jaramillo...
  6. willito

    guides and pelagic trips central chile

    Hello James, for the 4 species you mention I could also suggest the Yerba Loca National Park, about 1 h from Santiago towards the Andes. Especially for tapaculo and turca, you'll have a far better chance to get good pictures, elsewhere you should only hear them. By the way, last weekend I spent...
  7. willito

    guides and pelagic trips central chile

    Hello, the link provided by albatross02 is sure the most trustable for the issue. Let me just add a couple of comments to complement his tips: - The most recent painted snipe I've had notice of was seeing last August at the Rio Maipo mouth, approx. 100 km W from Santiago. They remain to be rare...
  8. willito

    guides and pelagic trips central chile

    James, there's the so called "Chile's observers net" (Red de observadores de Chile) better known as ROC, which organizes trips and even pelagics during the whole year. Some of their members are also quite experienced and higly qualified guides, e.g. Rodrigo Tapia from Aconcagua Birding, or...
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