From our hotel in Achacachi we set off at 06:00 in the morning, hoping to complete the 8.5 hour drive down to the town of Apollo. For various reasons, this managed to become a 12 hour drive, featuring crashed trucks, closed high streets and then extremely thick mud that almost got us stuck a number of times. All in all it was not a fun day, and there was very little actual birding involved.
We made a short stop on the shore of Titicaca early in the
morning where we found another Titicaca Grebe, as well as some Puna Teal,
Cinereous Harrier and Peruvian Sierra Finch. Having failed yesterday, I tried
to quickly find the Many-coloured Rush-Tyrant and succeeded in hearing a few
individuals, as well as getting some distant views and a flyby. The hours we
spent driving across the Altiplano were very enjoyable, with stunning scenery
and brilliant views of White-capped Dipper and displaying Torrent Duck.
Once we entered the lowlands we saw much less bird activity,
and had to concentrate more on the driving thanks to the state of the roads. In
the end we arrived in Apollo and had to queue an hour for fuel, so that we
could have peace of mind in the morning. We did not reach our hotel until 19:00
at night, a very long day of doing very little.
Lake Titicaca: Puna Teal, Titicaca Grebe, Feral Pigeon, Spot-winged Pigeon, Andean Coot, Andean Gull, Black-crowned Night Heron, Cinereous Harrier, American Kestrel, Wren-like Rushbird, Cream-winged Cinclodes, Many-colored Rush Tyrant, Rufous-collared Sparrow, Yellow-winged Blackbird, Peruvian Sierra Finch,
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